All of this stuff is amazing to me.
I watched the video linked earlier in this thread and it was super impressive.
I confess I also like Phil Gaimon’s videos - it’s pretty entertaining stuff and some of the routes he takes have awesome scenery.
It will be interesting to see if Phil Gaimon decides to have a go at the new time (post Covid-19).
Obviously notwithstanding that as others have already noted, there are no doubt some other pro-riders who have equal or better likelihood of also taking the top time for that segment if they chose to.
The point for me is, it’s fun to watch. I’ll probably never travel to that part of the world, never mind rent a bike and ride up that climb so living vicariously through these type of videos is entertaining.