May 5, 2016

Il mese di maggio è per me è lo spartiacque tra il periodo delle classiche di primavera e la seconda parte di stagione. Davanti a me ho un momento per tirare il fiato e ricominciare ad allenarmi in altura. Dal 9 al 13 andrò con la nazionale a Rio per vedere il percorso delle Olimpiadi, giusto una toccata e fuga. Dal 16 al 31 invece sarò a Passo San Pellegrino,...

May 4, 2016

Distance: 104.5km Moving Time: 3hr44min27sec Average Speed: 27.9km/hr Max Speed: 62.6km/hr Elevation: 725m Average Heart Rate: 151bpm Max Heart Rate: 183bpm Calories: 2045 Today’s Tip: When you set off with a tailwind, don’t get too excited and push it, save it for the return into a headwind. When you’re floating along with the wind behind you and you feel like...

May 4, 2016

I’m now back in Wales after a fun and busy few days with the team in York, before the lead up to the weekends race, the Tour de Yorkshire. And as expected Yorkshire did not disappoint when it came to supporting a bike race! After racing last years edition of the race, it was great to see the race step up a level this year and be another success. This race has...

Apr 26, 2016

To come back to Pais Vasco will always be special for me, there is where my career started more than 10 years ago… After a unsuccessful attempt racing as a guest rider for the Basque team Bizkaia in Drenthe 2005 I thought my chances to turn professional where gone – after ending up in hospital with a broken finger. So, of course I got excited when...

Apr 26, 2016

107 days to go. We’re almost in double digits. It’s hard to believe that four years of preparation has almost come to an end. It has been an eventful four years to say the least. I’ve competed in four Track World Championships, three Road World Championships and a Commonwealth Games. I’ve had 9 breaks spent in Australia, Spain, Indonesia, Scotland, Norway, New...

Apr 25, 2016

Although some people might say I’ve achieved everything an athlete would want to achieve being both World and Olympic champion, by changing discipline from track to road racing I feel like I’ve gone back in time to when I first started riding a bike. 2016 is my first full season on the road and I’ve already raced more single race days than I...