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Highs and Lows.
As the peloton of 198 riders crowded around the start line in Amsterdam there was an air of nervousness and excitement. Crowds of people leaned over the steel barriers craning to see the peloton,...
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Giro d’Italia SRM Graphs
The Giro has taken us from the Netherlands to southern Italy. Up north, we battled the wind, fought for position on narrow farm roads, weaved through traffic islands and sprinted out of small towns....
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A Trail of Pink Around the Boot
Lying on the hotel room bed with my legs stretched vertically against the wall, I stare at the ceiling. A spring breeze blows through the window cutting the stale odor of the hotel room. Beyond the...
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Plan de Corones TT. Giro d’Italia 2010.
The 2010 Giro was the toughest, yet most exciting Grand Tour I have ridden, and I think from a spectator’s perspective probably one of the most thrilling in recent years. The race was a spectacle from...
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Recovering
I was pedalling at a consistently higher tempo on the stationary trainer but my heart rate was not increasing at the same rate as three weeks before. Tired from one of the toughest races I have ridden,...
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Training for the Giro d’Italia Team Time Trial
Three days prior to the start of the Giro d’Italia the team got together in Turin for a few days of training. The opening stage of the Giro was a team trial so it was important we become accustomed to...
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Giro d’Italia SRM Files
The course profiles we receive at the beginning of a race are often deceiving. The altimetry can be inaccurate, the maps sketchy and the distance off. And, we often deceive ourselves and think a stage...
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Giro d’Italia SRM files.
In the Giro we’ve had easier days, hard days and really tough days. Yet, the toughest days of the race, and perhaps of my career, will come in the next week. Midway through the Giro d’Italia the wear...
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Organizers — and riders — need to take responsibility for race safety
As we reach the town’s limits, the peloton dives off a four-lane road into a tight bend. Brakes screech. Our speed drops from 60 to 20 kilometers an hour. The peloton balloons then bottlenecks going...
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