It’s the eve of the start of the 2010 Tour de France. It might seem like the best and most crucial portions of the Tour come in later weeks as we travel toward Paris–at least when it’s a tight race–where we wait in anticipation for the eventual winner, and we check the leaderboard daily to see who captured the yellow jersey and who shifted in the standings. But I like to remind people that the Prologue is just as important and its preparation can’t just be left by the wayside. In my latest article on Versus, I described the warm-up that occurs before the Prologue. It’s amazing how much time goes into preparing for the Tour’s shortest event. But it’s all about getting the muscles into peak racing form. Here’s the piece:
All Tour riders will tell you that the warmup for a Prologue time trial is the most important pre-race routine they will conduct. It is amazing that, as the shortest event in the entire Tour, it requires the most prep time. And I’m not even talking about the bike side – for the riders, it all starts when they get their start times and begin working backwards from there. Continue reading
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