by Andrew Jamieson | Jul 15, 2015 | Cycle Racing, Cycle Training, Power in Races and Training, Tour de France
Looking at the stage profile today, it didn’t take a tactical genius to figure out the race would be fought on the final climb. With a relatively uneventful ride to the foot of the climb and 15km straight up to the finish. The average percentage was 7.4% but...
by Andrew Jamieson | Jul 20, 2014 | Cycle Training, Power in Races and Training, Tour de France
Ok, so a lot of action in the mountains over the pst two days. Nibali is just on another level to the rest. It would have been great to see him against Froome and Contador. They are all quite similar riders who like to intersperse steady long climbing efforts with...
by Andrew Jamieson | Jul 14, 2014 | Cycle Training, Power in Races and Training, Tour de France
The race of the two Tonys… Interesting scenario today with 2 men off the front, followed by a large group chasing, then the bunch. Having such a hilly course tends to negate the benefit of riding in the group to some degree – less time utilizing the...
by Andrew Jamieson | Apr 21, 2014 | Cycle Racing, Cycle Training, Cycling Nutrition, Recovery
Updated November 21 by Andrew Jamieson Over the last few weeks we have been looking at cycling recovery and nutrition. The third and final post in this series is during workout recovery and nutrition. Post Workout Recovery and Nutrition for Cycling • Active warm down...
by Andrew Jamieson | Apr 21, 2014 | Cycle Racing, Cycle Training, Cycling Nutrition, Recovery
Updated on November 21 by Andrew Jamieson Last week we looked at pre workout recovery and nutrition for cycling. The second in this series is during workout recovery and nutrition. During Workout Recovery and Nutrition for Cycling During the workout you can...
by Andrew Jamieson | Apr 21, 2014 | Cycle Racing, Cycle Training, Cycling Nutrition, Recovery
Updated Nov 21 2017 by Andrew Jamieson Over the next few weeks will we take a look at cycling recovery and nutrition. The first in this series is pre workout recovery and nutrition. What you do before you even begin a workout can make a huge difference to how well you...