Tell us about your last couple of weeks of racing? Last week racing was in Gp Pino Cerami where I finished 2nd, than I had do do Gp Denain in France where I finished 35and this sunday I did Amstel Gold Race I finished 66. What are your next goals and is there anything you're really looking forward to in the coming weeks? I have to do Fleche Wallone an Liege Bastogne Liege both Protour race's and I hope to show me. After that I'll get my new program. I watched Amstel Gold and it seemed very aggressive with a lot of pushing for position and dangerous road hazards. Can you tell us about what its like inside the peleton during such races? Have you ever finished a race and just been happy you didnt go down? Yes, that's true it is the hardest racing you can imagine, pushing for position and a lot of cars on the circuit. This time it was really dangerous with the rain an mud on the road. Every race I'm happy I didn't crashed, in each race there are crashes.....About the race itself i could not follow the "big guys" on the Eyserbosweg and got dropded, i finished 66th on 5min of the winner. I wasn't satisfied with my result and have to try better in the next races.. (remenber last year I could finish 17th in the amstel) Can you tell us a little bit about your training? I am guessing your training is different now compared to 2 or 3 months ago so what are the most significant changes you make during the season to find peak form? First of all I got trained by prof Bart vanden Eynde. In the winter I start with a lot of power training in the gym and afterwards I start with riding 2h 3h 4h 5h .... build up things. To get a peak form is difficult for me with training, I have to race a lot to get the peak coming... but I don't think there is something like a peak form that you can "order on time like a sandwich" In your opinion, what has been the most important change you have done that has made you a better cyclist? (for example: bike fit, training with watts, using a coach, different diet, more sleep, and so on) mmmm, I don't know all the little things together Many people think being a pro has to be the best job in the world. Nothing better than getting paid to ride a bike. Can you tell us about some of the ups and downs of being a pro? What do you enjoy most and what do you like the least? First of all, just a few of us get A LOT OF MONEY, the rest of us is paid normally like someone who has studied good and has a good job. Ups are the moments when you go out training and you feel good, the weather is good etc... down when you have to train 6 hours in the cold and rain. Also when you got dropped in the race. Ups: together with the team and the traveling you can do... What did you think of Paris Roubaix? Any comments on the train incident and Hincapie (all Americans were rooting for Hincapie and to see his steerer break was a big disappointment). mmm, I think the strongest won, about the discall. Boonen and the 2 others had also to be disc. like Hoste they also ran through the red light of the train. About Hincapie, He could have won... but nothing is bomb proof even not a Trek on the cobbles that is Paris Roubaix |
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