"I've improved in terms of data and values, such as my VO2 max" - Cian Uijtdebroeks pleased with his transfer to Visma | Lease a Bike
Cycling
For Cian Uijtdebroeks, Tirreno-Adriatico is an important checkpoint in run-up to his big goal, the Giro d'Italia. The young Belgian, who switched from BORA - hansgrohe to Visma | Lease a Bike last winter, spoke to WielerFlits about the preparation he's undergoing in his new team.
"We didn't push to be top there yet, but we were where we wanted to be. Everything is more focused towards the end of March and the Giro," he emphasizes. "We are building our fitness step by step. Until then we had mainly focused on basic fitness."
"The new approach is paying off," Uijtdebroeks notes. "I've improved in terms of data and values, such as my VO2 max. We see a positive evolution. Now we have to see how that will be in competition. First I ride Tirreno-Adriatico, which is a test moment in time trial, and then the Volta a Catalunya."
"It is a different preparation, especially than in previous years," he admits. "But I hadn't raced that much before the Vuelta last year, so I like to focus purely on my fitness. Ultimately, a Giro is a blast for three weeks, so I think we should try it out. The team has proven that this way works. Primot Roglic had the same preparation last year."
Just in
Popular news
Latest comments
- And your point is what exactly?vappaxbipmv22-12-2024
- MVDP dominates this sport even more than Pogaçar dominates road racing. Also he can beat Tadej on the road quite regularly, the opposite is unlikely.Mistermaumau22-12-2024
- If you listen to team radios you'll hear each DS telling their riders to ride faster, fight their way to the front, and all occupy the same 8 places.Sweep22-12-2024
- You're talking about a sport where equipment and clothing is measured in grams.Sweep22-12-2024
- “During a TT, I am basically blind”. That was his quote after crashing into the barriers in a TT. The problem isn’t the UCI, radios or air bags. The problem is the riders and their teams.JoeyB22-12-2024
- I think you overestimate scientific knowledge and for sure the spreading of it. There are huge numbers of people in similar situations, if there were an easy solution somebody would be making big money out of it. Nerve pain can have many complex origins or be due to complex combinations of reasons. Even if you discover a reason there is not always a solution. Migraines haven’t been solved either. I have had lower back/hip nerve pains on and off for over 30 years, no kind of doctor has ever found a way to reduce, prevent or solve the problem. It may just be that some people are born with nerves that are too short or get twisted out of position during certain movements.Mistermaumau22-12-2024
- Amazing ride by her and very promising for her future. On a side note, it’s a bit worrying all these wins riders have after emotional moments in their lives, someone will come up with emotional doping at some point. Maybe give them fake news just before a big race to get hormones pumping.Mistermaumau22-12-2024
- I doubt he will have the energy to do that if he continues to do leadout for Phillipsenabstractengineer22-12-2024
- I know several people who’ve tried contacting sport airbag manufacturers and none of them ever got a reply. Might be hard to organise anything with such attitudes.Mistermaumau22-12-2024
- It's the BBC. Who cares outside of little Britain.leodis22-12-2024