That 500+w to bring back the breakaway was nothing short of heroic

I crashed 3 times by just watching the race from my chair.

My legs cramp just by looking at these numbers

I'm not a biker I don't know why I watch these religiously lol

When I hit my maximum speed of 36 mph down a steep hill, I’m elated for like a year but these guys kept hitting 36 mph like normal. Kudos

Fast Riders, Narrow Roads, and Long race names = European Racing

24:00 my current life goal is 10 seconds at 500W and this guy is keeping this power forever like it's some interval training....

Shout out to all the cows chilling in this video. Moo.

that dutchman only said a single word an i was like OH EEN NEDERLANDER

I raced in Holland and Germany in the 1980s. Fast and furious, narrow roads and races in the middle of villages. it really taught me good bike handling.

It looks like so many different brands of bikes are used. I saw all kinds of them. In your US footage it's mostly Specialized, Cannondale and for some reason Colnago.

Glenn's a crazy strong Dutch rider. Would love to see him at Alviso or Blue Train or Spectrum one day :D .

I dont own a bike have never really been into cycling but for some reason can't get enough of watching bike racing...

Started the video with a nice godverdomme. Epic

Brilliant! Very good analytics. Huge THX for bringing Glenn - very interesting format & commentary!

That last push by him to chase them down just wow.

2 hours at that pace holy shit.

This final push from Glen was awesome. Kudos man!

Loved this ...... very attractive, good natured, commentary. I look forward to more soon!

I love to see the different between our racing and racing in USA

There's a racing series for non-licensed riders only in Germany called the German Cycling Cup. It would be great if you could somehow get some footage of those. They're epic, and despite the "pure amateur" fields, they are jaw-dropping fast. They're out and back mostly (apart from the absolutely brutal Nürburgring event which is 7 laps, 140km, and get this, 3300m of climbing). Some of the scenery is stunning too, not that you have the slightest chance to notice it during the event. But still. Worth looking at. Big teams (amateur, no licenses) dominate. Lots of tactics. These Dutch/Belgian events are great too. Always fun to see.

What brilliant strategy, commitment and an overall great race!.. great video, thankyou!

Hahah this is so familiar! I'm a Belgian junior (U19) bike racer and our races are exactly the same: chaos, crosswinds, people riding through the grass,... Here in Belgium and in the Netherlands, it's just normal!

I love this channel. its gives me so much energy to cycle :)

Quality commentary! Thanks a lot! :)

That is absolutely INSANE. Constant fight for position, constant fight for wheels, left-right-left, and it's like 10 km in.... 80 left.

Loving the mini "pave" sections on the shoulder of the road - Thanks for sharing Glenn! :-D

I would love to see a candid video on how your perspective on racing amateur has change after getting really into the European cycling culture. Can you tell us the differences between racing and attitudes in the US versus what have you learned from Europe ways?

norcal is da GOAT of youtube cycling channels

Excellent idea and production. Subscribed. Dank je wel.

casual 178bpm with 82km to go XDDD

Great video and commentary, Cape Town, South Africa

Awesome race and commentary!

They are crazy strong! Kudos for the great effort for your teammate, yes cycling is hard sport!

I miss racing... I was so ready for this CX season... After the season opener... Bye bye season. That CX race was actually at Glen's home track at OWC Oldenzaal.

Just watched another video on this channel of a 25km race in US with 170-230W at the beginning of the race. This guy is doing consistent 700W and jumping between 500-800W at the beginning of 90km race :D - makes it more impressive with more context. 25:21 Then he is tired and relaxing at the end, at 300-450W :D

Races in Belgium are called kermes' and are between 50 to 80km (30 to 50 miles) and usually consist of a 5 to 16 km (3 to 10miles) lap in the countryside at 45 kph(23mph) for 2 hours this is only for u16 (14to16 years old) with restricted gears i cannot specify for juniors and senior races. All races in Belgium and the Netherlands are the same speed just the distance changes

Have binge watched most of your videos(not kidding) in last 3 weeks, I wasnt even aware of cycle racing till then. Love, from India!

Great video and commentary!

This is absolutely terrifying. I have no words. jesus, some of the maneuvers are just insane

Really like Glenn's calm voice and English

Enjoyed this one! Thanks for sharing.

Glenn, gozer! Your back.

At our local training race, it was not uncommon for me to get into the last few laps and not see any of my teammates. I like to be proactive rather than reactive, so often I would find somebody who I noticed had been racing hard all race, in a way I admired, sharing all the work, etc, and then see him doing what I was -surfing the front trying to figure out what wheel to follow, and I’d give them a shout; “I’m your horse!” Boom, take him to the front, hold him in position, lead him out, and launch him. And a couple of things: Often my teammates were just a little bit behind- sometimes boxed in- and benefitted from me stretching out and accelerating the field anyway, I made a lot of friend/ frenemies and was able to recruit a lot of strong solos onto our team, and -as a sprinter- I was training in a way where I did a lot more work at the end of a race than I normally would, so when it came to official races I didn’t worry about saving *everything* for those last 200m, I was comfortable spending a little when my leadouts went awol.

From the creators of lawn bowling, we are excited to introduce the sport of lawn cycling!!

Loved everything about this gained some tips along the way love from kenya

Hey I think I know Glenn... I didn't know NorCal was this close to my house last year! Fun video.

This is my earliest right now. It's 2am here love from Philippines jeff

I did this race in the Nieuwelingen cat. There was a hard wind. And i finished 9th

Great video, love the Dutch races. Keep it up

What version of Zwift is this? I like how real it looks and how they put cool things on the side of the road like it's real. Also am digging the 1st person view.

i hear you talking about narrow roads all the time in this vid . but yet i have to see1 XD XD great video as always keep it up thnx for the entertainment greetings from holland

Man I love your videos !!!

I love how some riders just casually hit the rumble strip and go off road

I live in Europe too, so I'd say it's Dutch racing, not European, I never did anything like this. :) I'm sure it's good training for the narrow road classics!

Love your videos! What other KZfaq channel would you recommend for cycling races?

Do we have a strava profile link from Glenn? Greetings from Holland :)

Very nice commentary, super

Love ur vids big fan, follow u on strava 👍

Jeff, what camera is being used? Is it a hero 8 or 9 or something else? Thinking about recording races next year. On the east coast so not nice weather all year like where you are.

he maintained the attack at ~177 bpm, yesterday i reach 160bpm for 30 seconds and feels like going to blacked out :D

Hi love your vids From Dubai

Have you heard about the Garmin Varia RTL515? It has a radar that shows indication on your Garmin bike computer or Wahoo element of car's approaching you from behind.

man i gotta get my hands on some of those FFWD wheels :3

Just applied for this team yesterday haha

from Kenya. i would love to do this, perfect road, no hils!

You know this is Europe because there are dudes in a top level race on aluminum wheels.

Love you NorCal!!!

From a European point of view, we consider that specific kind of race as Dutch rather than European. You may encounter larger road in the rest of Europe. And above all, you will get strong wind with rain only in Belgium and Netherlands.

Holy fuck, he could power a whole city with that energy.

Any post-COVID plans to head over and test your sprints in Europe?

Watching here in Jordan..but Im Filipino from Philippines.

Love this stuff . Intense

what software do you use to display the data like power and course?

great video keep it up and dis is my 2 time asking you but can you plss make a how to sprint better

Would love to see his power file for the end of the race

These bikes look so good!!!

You’re talking about Europe as if it was a single country :D

Greetings from Philippines

Props to the one racer scarifies all these weights to wield a gopro on his bike.

Yes you need to do more european race videos

hey i'd like to ask, because im new at this, but do they take breaks at these long races? for example these are 85KMs and others are 40+ KMs and it seems like theyre holding high heart rate levels for prolonged periods, so i was wonderin if they take any breaks or do they just ride and eat/drink on their bikes?

Mabye get Glenn to come as a guest rider for one of the big race series next year (Intelligentia, Dairyland or Superweek)

I wonder wether the art of moving up on "grasklinkers" exists outside of the Netherlands.

His team are my biggest rivals in almost every race lol

European racing looks intense 😳

Love the bike brand of number 67

That's right -- Norcal is going global! I can't wait to see a video from the burgeoning scene in South African countries.

Dude, you buried the lede. Glenn is a national champ in MTB.

Hi guys. I´m new to these bike races, but the techniques are really fascinating me. Could someone please explain to me: 1. At first he tried to form a breakaway. Why didn´t it work ? Couldn´t he just do it with his mates or whats the point there ? 2. In the final meters. why did he drop back so far. Didn´t he care about his position ?

Some of these guys are so tall. They made the cranks look like short sticks.

I need more of the European racing content!

Question: How do you prevent touching wheels when there's so many wheels overlapped? I feel like the golden rule of protect your front wheel is almost impossible in such a tight & large field, and yet (at least in video) no crash was seen. Is it possible to learn this power? :)

Krush played that pretty well. Wonder how they did in the sprint...

Sip on your beer every time Glenn says "grasklinkers" and you'll be wrecked by the end of this video.

Half expecting to see Jasper in this video at some point

HEY! its this 500 watt tempo guy again!..

Hey you should come to Europe and try it out too

what is the benefit of starting a break so early in the race at the front? am new to cycling tactics and want to get a better understanding of the decision making there and why it's advantageous

How did you measure your heart rate and your watt?