As soon as you think you know it all, a squirrel will run into your spokes and send you flying over the handlebar. Or, you might catch a bad flu and have to stay off the bike for a week or two. Make sure to always wear proper clothing and learning from other riders, then you’ll always be one step closer to achieve your next goal.
Have patience is easy to say, but not always easy follow.
My 19 years of cycling, including 9 years of racing taught me many lessons. Here are some of the little things which helped me to achieve my personal goals.
HAVE PATIENCE
Every January and February for years, my cycling mates won the sprints on training rides, or could stay up front leading the pack for a longer time even in higher wind resistance while I just hung on. When May came, I left most of them in the dust and took all the hill-sprints.
REMEMBER TO RECOVER
It’s great to want to improve and push your limits. But many riders work too hard without allowing the body time to recover. Building aerobic power takes years of consistent training. To become a better cyclist, you must manage your energy levels. For example, if you have been riding hard for three weeks, dedicate the fourth week to recover. If not, it will leave you with ‘dead’ legs, and could also decrease your performance for a longer period after.
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Castelli’s futuristic BodyPaint Bibshort and Cervélo TestTeam’s all-time favorite seatpad (ProgettoX2) were introduced to the global media and partners last week in Mallorca, Spain. Product introductions took place along with several group rides with the new SRAM-equipped Apex groupset.
The Media Performance Camp 2010 was held near the beautiful coastline of Alcudia, a popular place for many cyclist to go riding during the spring months. Although, Mother Nature decided to have her way by sending us dark clouds and windy conditions, the ride camp was a full four days of 2010 product overview, riding, tech seminars and most importantly, good times!
Some 16+ media guests and five pro riders including Team Saxo Bank pros, and Madison World Champions, Michael Morkov and Alex Rassmussen, along with EU Long Distance Triathlon champion Virginia Berasategui, as well as Milram pro and Athens gold medalist (team pursuit) Luke Roberts.
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Two neo-pro’s of the Cervélo TestTeam were making their race debut at Étoile de Bessèges last month. In the Castelli Newsletter, we’ll catch up with João Correia, a 34 year old rider and businessman who decided to become a pro. And, the young talented rider Stefan Denifl, who’s been doing some extreme testing of the Castelli winter gear in Austria over the last months.
Scorpion obsession??? Joe Parkin hadn’t been alone in his desire to wear the best cycling clothing in the world. All the grand cycling champions since the days of Coppi and Bartali had their very own Scorpion adorned cycling wear.
Cycling is a lifelong learning experience. My 19 years of cycling , including 9 years of racing taught me many lessons. Here are some of the little things which helped me to achieve my personal goals.
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Haussler was again second in the sprint, while new teammate and former track sprint world champion Theo Bos was fourth behind JJ Haedo (Saxo Bank).
“We went close but it was crazy out there,” Haussler said after the stage. “It’s always like that when the stage is so easy, there’s no selection and everyone thinks they’re a sprint and wants to get in there amongst it all. It was pretty dangerous.”
Francesco Chicchi (Liquigas-Doimo) was impressive in the tailwind sprint as he came off Bos’ wheel with 300 metres to go. Yet Haussler was convinced he could have won if he’d been on his teammate’s back wheel and able to benefit from Bos’ spectacular acceleration. “Theo Bos was going to lead me out but I had to came back from 15th position and so couldn’t get on his wheel before he accelerated,” he said. “Roger (Hammond) shouted at him to go and he went, but he didn’t know I wasn’t there. Fortunately we still got second and fourth, or whatever but the plan didn’t work out as we’d hoped.”
Haussler, and the Cervélo TestTeam will have chance of a stage victory on Thursday at the end of stage five from Lusail to Madinat al Shamal over a distance of 142km.
Stage 4 : The Pearl - Al Khor Corniche (146.5 km)
1. Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
2. Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam
3. Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Saxo Bank
4. Theo Bos (Ned) Cervélo TestTeam
5. Roger Kluge (Ger) Milram
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