Many people have emailed me asking for music suggestions or the titles to the tracks I’ve used in the youtube videos. My team-mates and I will be posting playlists on…
Chute
Below is an excerpt of a story I wrote that appeared in issue 29 of Rouleur Magazine. Road grit dug into my sweat-soaked face as my cheek pressed against the…
The Desert Wind
[nggallery id=50] The opening race of the season for many of the Classics riders is the Tour of Qatar. The race through the desert is known for high wind, echelons,…
A team and a leader
At the back of the group I freewheel in the slipstream. Ahead, my teammates crunch their bodies towards the top tubes of their frames to become more aerodynamically efficient. The…
Mallorca x 3
After three week long training camps in Mallorca, we’re ready to race. In the second half of January our training sessions were designed to simulate the races with hard intense…
San Salvador, Mallorca
[nggallery id=47] As we near the first races the intensity of our training rides has increased. Before heading home for a few days and returning for our second stint of…
A Day Off.
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Sa Calobra, Mallorca
[nggallery id=44]Sa Calobra is one of the beautiful spots on the island. The descent down to the small port is thrilling and the climb back up, through the unique grey…
Sleep, eat, ride…
Through January, Team Sky will be in Mallorca for training camps. The team is split into two groups: the Classics riders who will aim to be in top form for…
Training in Mallorca. 12.11.
Each autumn professional teams gather before Christmas to train for the coming season. As the racing season has grown progressively longer the importance of the camps has increased as we…
Autumn Gold, Blue, Brown, Green…
Recently, several riders have come down from northern Europe to train in Girona. During the last week of November my teammate, Edvald Boasson Hagen, was here to accumulate kilometres to…
Autumn in Catalonia
The professional’s off-season–from November until January– is one of the most enjoyable periods in the year. We can ride for hours, socialise, and discover new places. We aren’t obsessed with…