Cyclists are normally very inflexible; do you practice Yoga? If so, favorite Yoga pose?

I don’t do yoga. I admit for a long time what was my strength was my “killer instinct” – the agressivness in racing. I believed that relaxing was not productive, and that I would loose my edge for performance. Today I’m in a different role, but still, I don’t have the patience to relax. I see it as I could be doing something else.

If I challenge you to execute a classic Yoga pose and share it on social media, would you do it?

I might struggle with that

Do you follow a specific diet?

I have a general diet. I eat healthy without going into extremes. I have no intolerance, or allergies. I enjoy food. My diet is healthy, and I am cautious, but I can also enjoy wine.

Favorite food?

Favorite food? Thats a hard one. I do love a lobster pasta

How important is the mental part of training? Do you visualize a race in advance?

I also don’t visualize. Maybe in a TT event, but its more for trajectories than anything else. Tried sofro, and visuasation technics, but I found that if you are not at the level; you can imagine yourself winning all you want. If you don’t have the legs it’s no good to you. Also, cycling has so many unpredictable elements, that I don’t see the point.

I listen to music. Thats my escape. Obviously in cycling, mental strength is key. To go deep and suffer you need a strong stemina.

Finally, tell us something we cannot find on Google.

A secret about me? Humm not sure. Google is pretty on it when it comes to privacy!