We Tried The Toughest Tour De France Training Session (Visma-Lease A Bike)

🥵Was that harder or easier than what you were expecting? 👀

Let us know in the comments!

Can you post the actual training session in writing?

Absolute monster 💪💪💪

That's disappointing, thought he'd be riding with the boys in the video.

Visma did you over, should have let you join them properly.

Anyone knows what glasses he is wearing in the video?

Thanks very useful

Came for the curious inspo. Stayed for the mad respect. Stayed longer for the "Love you Bye". 10/10 would watch.

When the warm-up is max hourly output for an hour, 😆 🤣 😂 Well... 😆 🤣 😂

Looking good Ollie for this year's Tour des Stations; Top 10 for the 1 day +200k and no bonk on that final, brutal climb?

diese präsentationen sind manchmal härter als erwartet :)

Nice training give away bike.. watching from UAE

super interesting video - would be good to see some dataprofiqle off the back of the ride though

Great effort, sounds very tough. The pros really go all in to optimise performance. The glory must be great but working so hard must be very draining. I think somebody said they average 25mph for 100 miles, it’s crazy.

I’d be interested to compare Ollie’s current ftp with what some of GCN’s pros had at their peak.

For amateur riders I think it’s important to strike the balance between getting fitter and just enjoying rides. We all want to be fit but it’s boring and stressful if every ride is measured

Lances 500 for 30 min every 3 days harder

the construct of the sessions is no different to what i'm doing apart from being longer in length and the power requirements that make it look like i'm not even trying 🤣🤣

Fantastic effort Chief. Looked incredibly tough but, as you point out, it’s all about building fitness and performance over time. So now to the video where you nail yourself to the cross for an entire week! It’s probably impossible for most mortals to comprehend just how fit the pros are. Which is why the Armchair Critic was invented 😂

Great watch..... Ollie you look really strong there, when you lost all that weight, looked scrawny, but now you look really strong... after other videos racing other presenters can you now smash them on the same routes as previous race/videos

"As an amateur cyclist..." - Some Guy Who Finished 7th in Tour des Stations

Such a good video

i have a harder pre-tour de france training session: building up my wine, cheese and butter tolerance to avoid gut issues throughout the duration of the event.

Interesting that the over under intervals were followed by zone 2 rather than following zone 2 .

Great video Ollie you should defo be on a pro team well done 👏 💪

Great Video Ollie, really appreciate having a scientist who’s also a cyclist - incredibly valuable😉

I need to get bike fit..I really do

Another great video Ollie - DANKE and much love and appreciation fromg ermany

Cool vid, but it would be much more interesting if you took a very good amateur and had them train and tapper like they were going to race, then put them in that session with the actual Visma riders and saw whether they could keep up.

Would be very interesting to see "can you, at your very best, hang with these guys for one training day?"

Just doing the workout at your own zones isn't the same.

Absolutely adore Ollie. "Average Joe" with a superheros heart! His journey has been brilliant to watch.

The session is easier than I have expected. 2x15min over-unders and than zone 2 doesnt sound that bad. One of the hardest sessions at least for me is 5x5min VO2 Max 🤒

Going up the hills that fast, and at least looking so effortless, will something i will never achieve. Fair play to Ollie for getting that achievement over his long and certainly hard improvement process.

Superb vid, more of this content 👏

Always enjoy Ollie's videos! Question though Ollie... is it me or is that new Canyon of yours sized bigger than your other bikes?

I think your beard grew about an inch throughout that training ride. 🎉

I found this really helpful. I’ve always had the thought that I must empty myself. I’m going to give those intervals a try

Would be quite nice to know which music tracks you are using also.

Do I have to take a biochem test after watching this video? Very well done.

… how many canyon stickers do you need on one bike

It gets easier with doping

The best line from Ollie “ the pros don’t stop for cafe”!! Beautiful!!

Is there a harder TdF training session than this? Yes. The Criterium du Dauphine.

Did he do all that climbing on an Aeroad, the heavier Canyon bike? 😮

Great content and definitely a bucket list place to ride for us mere mortals!!

..... or the day the DREAM of turning PRO CYCLIST died for OLLIEO - GO OLLIEO GO !!!! - cycling always hurts - you just go faster indeed

That is the beauty of cycling! Everyone, regardless of their level, share the same beautiful roads. You can't say the same thing about football.

👏👏👍👍😍😍

What do you mean by keeping the chain tight?