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

Ollie travels to the French Alps to check in on the reigning Tour de France champions – Visma-Lease A Bike and their training camp. To prepare for the Tour de France, pros need to do horrendously hard training sessions there. But what exactly do their training sessions look like and how hard are they really? ...Can Ollie survive one of them? 00:00 How hard is Tour de France training? 00:41 Why is Visma-Lease A Bike training in Tignes? 01:45 What does the training session look like? 03:47 First set (19km climb) 06:09 Why does Visma-Lease A Bike use intervals like that? 07:25 Training your gut too 08:53 End of 2nd interval 09:15 Why don’t pros only train TT efforts? 10:16 2 hours of Zone 2 12:58 Last hour Useful Links: GCN Uploader 👉 https://gcn.eu/gcnuploader Visit the GCN Shop 👉 https://gcn.eu/gcnshop GCN WhatsApp Channel 👉 https://gcn.eu/GCNwhatsapp GCN Instagram Broadcast Channel 👉 https://gcn.eu/instagrambroadcast Was that harder or easier than what you were expecting? 👀 Let us know down in the comments! 👇 Watch more on GCN... 📹 Can We Keep Up With A Pro Cyclist? 👉 https://youtu.be/Ds820SMQiIw?si=ls1EHzwkaM8EhuBC 📹 Watch our Editor’s Choice Playlist 👉 https://gcn.eu/editorschoice 📹 Or why not check out our Features Playlist 👉 ​​https://gcn.eu/gcnfeatures 🎵 Music - licensed by Epidemic Sound 🎵 DON - MXRPHEUS Finding Zion - Aiyo GODSPEED - STRLGHT Hidden Lines - Ooyy Running Wild Again - Will Harrison Slushy - Cushy Step Bro - Heyson STEPPER - MXRPHEUS Strobe Lights - FLYIN The Tides - Slowya.roll Tibro Mountains - Daniel Fridell #gcn #cycling #roadcycling #roadbike #bike #bikes #bikelife #alps #tourdefrance #tdf #training #procyclist #protraining #vismaleaseabike 📸 Photos - © Velo Collection (TDW) / Getty Images & © Sirotti Images The Global Cycling Network (GCN) is the largest online cycling channel in the world, bringing together a global community of road cyclists to celebrate everything that’s great about the world of cycling. Our videos bring fans compelling daily content including expert tutorials, techniques, training, racing, cutting-edge bike tech, unparalleled behind-the-scenes event coverage, humour, entertainment, and more. Presented by ex-pro riders, GCN offers a uniquely qualified insight into the world of cycling, and most importantly it’s fuelled by our passionate and enthusiastic fans – everyone who makes up the GCN community. We also bring the latest and greatest tech to your attention, showcase the best places in the world to ride and get exclusive access to events and races. Welcome to the Global Cycling Network | Inside Cycling Thanks to our sponsors: Pinarello Bikes: https://gcn.eu/Pinarello Topeak Tools: http://gcn.eu/Topeak Canyon Bikes: http://gcn.eu/-Canyon CamelBak: https://gcn.eu/Camelbak Pirelli Tyres: https://gcn.eu/Pirelli Orbea Bikes: http://gcn.eu/Orbea Vision Wheels: http://gcn.eu/Vision Wahoo Fitness: http://gcn.eu/Wahoo-Fitness Park Tool: http://gcn.eu/-parktool Selle Italia: https://gcn.eu/SelleItalia Zwift: https://gcn.eu/Zwift Silca: https://gcn.eu/Silca MET Helmets: https://gcn.eu/methelmets Strava: https://gcn.eu/strava ShadowStand: https://gcn.eu/ShadowStand Precision Fuel & Hydration: https://gcn.eu/precisionhydration AGU: https://gcn.eu/AGUxGCN Elitewheels: https://gcn.eu/Elitewheels Watch our sister channels: GCN Tech - https://www.youtube.com/@gcntech GCN Racing - https://www.youtube.com/@gcnracing Global Triathlon Network - https://www.youtube.com/@gtn GCN Italia - https://www.youtube.com/@gcnitalia GCN en Español - https://www.youtube.com/@gcnenespanol GCN auf Deutsch - https://www.youtube.com/@gcnaufdeutsch GCN en Français - https://www.youtube.com/@gcnenfrancais GCN Training - https://www.youtube.com/@GCNTraining Global Mountain Bike Network - https://youtube.com/@gmbn GMBN Racing - https://youtube.com/@gmbnracing GMBN Tech - https://www.youtube.com/@gmbntech Electric Mountain Bike Network - https://www.youtube.com/@embn