I strongly believe that only healthy, smartly fed, well rested and stress free cyclists are capable of achieving their full potential in cycling. In my work, I strive to ensure the athletes I coach are never crippled by senseless, unnecessarily hard workouts, which presumably harden them up.

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Doping game: the show must go on

Wednesday, 18 January, 2012 5 Comments

I like cycling. All forms of it. I like road cycling and I like track cycling. I like mountain biking and I like cyclocross. I respect people who ride bicycles instead of cars when they can (and it has nothing to do with global warming hysteria; in fact, one day I’ll write about a theory I developed while drinking beer one afternoon which proposes that “The more hysteric you are about global … [ Continue to read... ]

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Is it worth living for? Part III (Go West)

Part I - Part II What was so attractive in going West for a Soviet professional amateur? Money of course and very good money at that. How it was made? Read on... I’ll have to throw some numbers here because without them, you won’t be able to appreciate what kind of money I’m talking … [Continue to read...]

Is it worth living for? Part II

My last post was ended with a question – if neither ideology nor a prospect of a lucrative professional contract were the motivational factors behind Kapitonov’s sporting career (and by implication, thousands of other athletes like him in many different sports), what was it then? If … [Continue to read...]

Is it worth living for?

Sporting legends… Who was yours when you were 12? When I got seriously hooked on cycling in 1978, one of the first cycling books I read was by one such legend, Viktor Kapitonov. At the time, he was the only Soviet rider ever to win an Olympic road race. The book was called “It’s worth living … [Continue to read...]

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How dark is the dark side of cycling?

Saturday, 10 December, 2011 2 Comments

The big news the last few days (and we all thought it was an off season) are the allegations made against Alexander Vinokourov about his 2010 win in Liege – Bastogne – Liege. The Swiss magazine L’Illustre claims Vinokourov (Team Astana) paid €100,000 to Kolobnev (Katusha) to not contest the … [Continue to read...]

Hulk

Saturday, 15 October, 2011 Leave a Comment

This is Hulk, also known as Richard Allen. Here we see him winning 2011 Australian Masters Criterium Championship in Ballarat, Victoria. Richard played AFL for a while in Melbourne, raced motorbikes and now's doing this. … [Continue to read...]

Dave

Friday, 16 September, 2011 Leave a Comment

Dave Crosswell from Capilano team enjoys cold water after hours of hard racing. 2011 Queensland Team Series, Round 6, Maryborough. … [Continue to read...]