How Lance Armstrong prepares for a time trial
Submitted by Brent Hugh on Sun, 07/24/2005 - 7:42pm
Chris Carmichael, Lance Armstrong's coach, has written an interesting article detail how Lance prepares for a time trial:
There is a rule in cycling that the shorter an event, the longer the warmup. For long road stages, riders barely warm up at all. Lance warms up for about 50 minutes before long individual time trials, and he'll arrive at the race site about 90 minutes before his start time to get ready and start warming up.
While Lance changes clothes in the team bus, his time trial bike will be put on a stationary trainer outside. Some of his teammates will be there warming up for their own time trials, and the others will already be on the course. Lance's 50-minute warmup is not just a simple spin to loosen up. To win a time trial, you have to be ready to ride at maximum speed from the moment you leave the start house. You have to prepare your body, otherwise the shock of going from rest to maximum effort will significantly harm your performance.
Lance's warmup is designed to wake a sleeping giant.
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