A knee injury sustained at a French Nations Cup race after his Giro Valle Aosta victory in July saw Rob Power miss the majority of the 2015 season with the Australian national U23 team but the Australian has been back on his bike for the last "three to four weeks" and is looking forward to his first season in the WorldTour ranks with Orica-GreenEdge.
"It's going well, I am back training but it's still nice and slow, not full gas as it's still early in the off-season. It's definitely going well," Power told Cyclingnews of his recovery from the injury. An injury to his other knee at 13 while playing rugby saw Power swap the football field for the velodrome and he hasn't looked back since.
Having become the first Australian to finish on the podium at the Tour de l'Avenir in 2014, 20-year-old Power then became the the first Australian to win the Italian Giro Valle Aosta stage race in preparation for the 'U23 Tour de France' only for his crash to not only end his aspirations for the race, but also end his U23 career.
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"It was a Nations Cup race that I came down really hard and smashed my knee. With knees and injuries like that, it just takes a lot of time," he reflected on the crash, adding he didn't think it much it initially. "I thought I'd be ok. I got back up and get back into peloton. I knew it was sore but I thought I'd be all right and did another 50km but then it started to feel worse and worse."
With Power missing from the U23 team for l'Avenir, Jack Haig made it two second place overall finishes for Australia finishing behind Movistar rider Marc Soler. Haig will also ride in the colours of Orica-GreenEdge next season and along with Power the duo are considered future grand tour hopefuls for Australia . Explaining it was "exciting" to see friend and teammate Haig finish on the podium, Power added he was frustrated to be stuck on the sidelines with his injury.
"Seeing Jack getting second was really exiting but also it was really frustrating after Aosta when all of sudden you can't race and your season is done. Like all things though, that's just sport. It was really good though watching guys like Jack and Miles [Scotson] at l'Avenir and seeing them put in awesome rides."
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