Carter Jones' inaugural season this year in the WorldTour was interrupted after he broke is collarbone in a collision with a car while training in July. The injury cost him a chance to start his first Grand Tour at the Vuelta a Espana, but he hopes to remedy the situation in 2016.
Jones didn't realise when he signed his first WorldTour contract that it would lead to being homeless. But that's what the Giant-Alpecin rider discovered when he returned to the US from his in-season home in Girona, Spain.
The 26-year-old found himself on the move from the east coast to Boulder, Colorado, to his current training spot in Arizona. Couch surfing was not among his expectations in pro cycling, but when you're trying to find your niche in the sport, sacrifices have to be made. Jones joked about the circumstance in a wide-ranging interview with Cyclingnews last week.
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Jones moved to Giant-Alpecin this year after a successful 2014 season with Optum, during which he won the Tour of the Gila, finished 11th at the Tour of California, seventh at the Tour of Utah and eighth at the USA Pro Challenge.
Cyclingnews: After your first full season on the WorldTour, what's your biggest takeaway from 2015?
Carter Jones: I would say it's professional cycling, being at such a high level all year round. Not only that, but also just managing the other parts of your life as well as being a professional cyclist. It's figuring out that balance, especially abroad, so you're not kind of stuck in being just a cyclist all the time, but still being in the best form of your entire life.
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