Posts Tagged ‘Nick Mitchell’
Part 3-Coming Home
I found cycling very late in life. I didn’t start watching The Tour until I was 17. Since then I have fallen in love with the sport. Very early on I started to fall for the monuments and the country that encapsulated cycling. It’s heartland. Belgium and in particular Flanders. The weather, the races and […]
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Tags: Cycling, Lion of Flanders, Nick Mitchell, nick mitchell cycling, VDB
Heist op den Berg
Over the past week I was welcomed back to Belgium in the only way that Belgium could. Fast and hard Kermesse racing. Tomorrow sees the trend continue with The Heist op den Berg Pro Kermesse. Heist op den Berg is 10km from my old home in Belgium so it is a home race of sorts […]
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Tags: Cycling, Heist Pijl, Heist-op-den-Berg, Kermesse, Nick Mitchell
Measure Twice
De Ronde van Overijssel put me back in my place in a big way. My legs are good at the moment but RvO was a lesson in riding in the front. A mix of bike handling, confidence, courage and leg strength are all required to stay at the front in a race like RvO. To […]
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Tags: Bike Fit, Derny, Giro, Giro d' Italia, Leffe, Nick Mitchell, Ronde van Overijssel
Ronde van Overijssel
Today will be spent preparing for tomorrow’s Ronde van Overijssel. Cleaning my bike, shaving legs, stretching, packing my race bag and watching a movie. De Ronde van Overijssel has a lot of left and rights and a few short climbs through the Dutch countryside. There isn’t meant to be much wind. However, there doesn’t need […]
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Tags: Nick Mitchell, Ronde van Overijssel, Track, Win
Part 2-Rock Bottom
Sunday saw me take part in my first race in Europe. Hoboken is a typical Belgium race that starts and finishes in Hoboken just outside of Antwerp. Lot’s of left and rights, bad roads, some cobble stones and enough wind to spice things up. Luckily the sun was shinning so despite some wind the race […]
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Tags: Cervelo R5, Depression, Hoboken, Marco Polo, Nick Mitchell
Back in Business – Part 1
The past 18 months have been rocky. They have involved a number of false starts and many ups and downs. None of that counts for much now because I am back in Europe to race until October for Marco Polo Pro Cycling. Throughout the season I will be based in Geleen, The Netherlands and from […]
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Tags: cauberg, coffee, cycling edge, enve, Marco Polo, Nick Mitchell, parlee, Phillipe Gilbert
Sitting and waiting for an operation by yourself is not the best idea for someone with an overly imaginative mind like myself to do. By the time they came to get me I was more worried about missing the last 30km of the Giro d’Italia’s most exciting stage so far than what was about to […]
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Tags: Broken Leg, Nick Mitchell
A big race with big riders. The wind was blowing and it was going to be a typical race in The Netherlands. I was expecting that with the number of good sprinters in attendance that I could find my way into a break and have a good day off the front. I knew from my […]
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Tags: Crash, Nick Mitchell, nick mitchell crash, Team Cinelli, Tour de Rijk
To Train or To Rest?
One of the hardest questions an athlete has to make is when to train and when to rest. This is especially relevant when you are sick. Do you keep racing and training when you are sick or do you let yourself rest and get better quickly. I have been sick for the past week and […]
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Tags: Brabantse Pijl, Cinelli-DownUnder, Nick Mitchell, Ronde van Drenthe
Born2Ride 