NEW Prototype Bikes & NEW Shimano Groupset - Tech Special | The GCN Show Ep. 231

We're here with another action packed GCN show with plenty of new tech and what's being going on in the world of cycling in the past 7 days. It's episode 231 of The GCN Show!

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This week we have more amazing tech revealed by Shimano, Trek and Merida. What we know most about though is Shimano and their new Ultegra R8000 range with Dura-Ace technology trickled down into the range.

Zwift have announced their search for another Academy rider to join the Canyon-SRAM team, it's available on their site to apply - http://gcn.eu/ZwiftAcademy

There have been Guiness World Records set in cycling, including the record for solving Rubik’s cubes whilst cycling...

The madison is set to return to the 2020 Olympic Games and BMX freestyle will make an entry too!

In racing news we discuss the OVO Women's Tour won by Katarzyna Niewiadoma, the Critérium du Dauphiné had a surprise winner in Jakob Fuglsan. The Tour de Suisse is taking place too, Phillipe Gilbert took a dip in a lake after his stage win too.
We've also had some serious stats provided by Jon in "Stat Attack".

Don't forget we've got all the usuals including Wattage Bazooka, Dom's Tweet Of The Week, Hack/Bodge of The Week, Caption Of The Week, Comment Of The Week and Extreme Corner

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