Team Sky's Luke Rowe began training for the 2017 season last Friday but has revealed he can put on as much as 10 kilograms during his time off the bike.
The 26-year-old Classics rider got married in mid-November and was back in training after a short honeymoon. Speaking to the Lifestyle page of the Telegraph newspaper, Rowe revealed that he does not ride his bike during his time off, preferring to fully switch off and enjoy the fattening foods he has to avoid during the racing season.
"I can put on 10 kilos in the off-season. I can put it on in a month and it takes six months to get rid of it," Rowe revealed.
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"You wonder why you do it to yourself. You think: I won't put on that much next year. But you still do. I think it's mental as much as anything. You are training full gas for 10-11 months of the year so you need to switch off mentally and physically and eat, drink and be merry. Pastries are my weakness. I resist those things for 11 months then cram it in. It's been pretty epic so far."
Rowe finished fourth in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and fifth at the Tour of Flanders, proving his talent in the toughest spring Classics. He then secured a place in Team Sky's Tour de France squad helping to protect Chris Froome all the way to Paris. After a break in the summer he raced until the world championships on October 16, almost 10 months after his season debut at the Tour Down Under.
"Last year I took six weeks off but this year it is only four weeks because the Worlds in Doha were two weeks later than normal. The month I have off is literally a month off. I don't even look at a bike or an exercise mat. I completely switch off."
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