Professional cycling has evolved in the last decade, whereby training programmes have become increasingly more analytical. Coaches and team directors often scrutinise every aspect of data files as athletes push every last muscle fibre, heart beat and watt into an effort to develop their best possible form needed to be competitive on the WorldTour.
US road champion Coryn Rivera (Sunweb) shared what she considers one of her toughest training sessions with Cyclingnews: a description and breakdown of intervals on Glendora Mountain Road (GMR). The ascent is used as a lead-in to the summit finish on Mount Baldy at the end of stage 2 (women) and stage 6 (men) at the Tour of California. It's a local climb for Rivera, who lives in Newport Beach, and so she used the climb to train for the Innsbruck World Championships last September. She also shares with Cyclingnews a peek into a page of her training diary, and we speak with her coach Hendrik Werner.
"Glendora Mountain Road is in the middle of the stage race, and I think, realistically, it's not a stage suited for me," Rivera told Cycingnews at the women's team presentation in Ventura on Wednesday. "Personally, I love GMR, Ridge Road – I love that climb. I’ve been doing GMR since I was 12 years old. I can go up and down it blindfolded. It would be cool if we could also go down GMR, though. I'd love that.
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"When it comes to Mount Baldy, it's so difficult, and there's something brutal about the climb. No matter how strong you feel, it's still hard. For a mountain-top finish, there aren't many of them in women's cycling, and so it's good to have them for the sport."
Rivera said that her Sunweb team will be working for GC rider Juliette Labous, who arrived a week ahead of the race to train on Glendora Mountain Road with Rivera.
"She came out a little bit early to help get over the jet-lag, and we previewed the GMR and Mount Baldy stage, so she knows what it feels like, and what kind of pacing she wants to do. It was cool for her to come out to study the race like that."
Coryn Rivera (Sunweb)
- 1 x 10-15 minutes climb: Focussed on a higher cadence of 100rpm and in zone 2.
- 1 x 20-30 minutes climb: Focussed on steady power in the low zone 3. Every 3-4 minutes, attack for 20 seconds in zone 5.
- 1 x 30 minutes climb: Focussed on alternating 220-240 watts for 3 minutes with 160-180 watts for 3 minutes
Coryn Rivera's training diary for August 31, 2018
Coach's comments: Hendrik Werner
The Outcome: Breakaway at the World Championships
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