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Road bike trainingThe TOUR special for your pre-season preparation

Robert Kühnen

 · 18.03.2023

Road bike training: The TOUR special for your pre-season preparationPhoto: Skyshot/Greber
The TOUR planner for road bike training provides the decisive impetus for every goal and every requirement to prepare perfectly for long tours, mountain marathons, everyman races and adventure rides.

The pandemic is over. 2023 is shaping up to be a normal sporting year. This means that there will be plenty of destinations to let off steam, push personal boundaries, meet like-minded people, suffer, indulge and celebrate together.

Our advice: Decide on an exciting goal early on and go for it. How? We have plenty of tips for you.

Tips for road bike training

Start with our test - it will tell you what type of exerciser you are. Do you like things to be tightly structured and do you take a long-term approach to your goals? Or are you more the spontaneous type, for whom freedom on the bike is more important than structure? No matter what makes you tick when it comes to training, we definitely have tips for you on how to get yourself going.

Our plans have a modular structure. From "training light", which only provides a loose structure, to a fully synchronised annual plan with training camps and race plans for various goals, anything is possible in principle. You can string the modules together as you wish. You can plan a whole year strictly or follow a loose structure.

Our experience is that fun and training are not mutually exclusive with the right programme, but go hand in hand. You don't have to slavishly follow a plan year in, year out in order to cycle successfully. But when it comes down to it, it helps to stay on course for a while beforehand.

Have fun and success with your 2023 season goals!

Road bike training: TOUR special for your pre-season preparation

Test: What type of athlete am I?

>> Are you just riding, or are you already training? When do you start planned training? And are you the type for it? What is the difference between cycling on a whim and targeted training? Who really needs training? And is it fun?

Finally beat a cycling buddy in a sprint? When you start setting goals, you start trainingPhoto: Skyshot/GreberFinally beat a cycling buddy in a sprint? When you start setting goals, you start training

Road bike training - "Training light"

>> If you want to improve on the bike without following a detailed training plan, you've come to the right place. The best tips for "training light".

More fun through better performance: if you follow a few rules of thumb, you can improve quickly - even without a sophisticated training planPhoto: Skyshot/GreberMore fun through better performance: if you follow a few rules of thumb, you can improve quickly - even without a sophisticated training plan

FAQ about road bike training

You can make road bike training complicated - but you don't have to. >> The twelve most important questions about road bike training - and twelve answers

12 questions and 12 answersPhoto: Skyshot/Greber12 questions and 12 answers

Operation Ötztaler

>> In our training series we accompany a TOUR reader on his way to the Ötztaler Cycle Marathon. Part 1: Status quo and performance diagnosis

Operation Ötztal Cycle MarathonPhoto: Ötztal Tourismus/SkarwanOperation Ötztal Cycle Marathon

Annual planning and training zones

>> How to prepare for your seasonal goals and organise your year correctly. Also: How to define the load zones and what individual training intervals mean.

The beginning for big goals is long. It's worth defining the rough framework early on and planning special phases such as training camps early onPhoto: Jan GreuneThe beginning for big goals is long. It's worth defining the rough framework early on and planning special phases such as training camps early on

Basis for the season

>> Two different basic training plans to start the season: for everyone and marathon runners

Learn the foundations for the season's goal - with the basic plansPhoto: Skyshot/GreberLearn the foundations for the season's goal - with the basic plans

Training camp

>> Four ways to train intensively: Plans for at home, for the trip to camp and for the mountains

Of course, a compact training camp is best done away from home - on Mallorca, for example. But you can also do it at homePhoto: SoederOf course, a compact training camp is best done away from home - on Mallorca, for example. But you can also do it at home

Goal for the season: Everyman race

>> Two training plans for all those who enjoy the grass and/or want to hold their own in the race

A place of longing for speed addicts: the NürburgringPhoto: Rad am Ring/sportograf.comA place of longing for speed addicts: the Nürburgring

Seasonal goal: mountain marathon & co.

>> For those who prefer to conquer many metres in altitude, here are two plans for epic climbs

Climbing happiness can be learnt - with the TOUR training plans for mountain marathons or individual Alpine toursPhoto: Skyshot/GreberClimbing happiness can be learnt - with the TOUR training plans for mountain marathons or individual Alpine tours

Season goal: Gravel race & long distance

>> Tackle really long distances on gravel or tarmac - you can do it with these training plans for long distances

The horizon is the goal, the ground doesn't matterPhoto: WenzelThe horizon is the goal, the ground doesn't matter

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Robert Kühnen

Robert wurde 1964 in Düsseldorf geboren und fuhr seine ersten Straßenrennen mit 17 Jahren. Zum Spitzenrennfahrer reichte es nicht, aber zu späten Nischenerfolgen. 2011 gelang es Robert, Zeitfahrweltmeister der Journalisten zu werden. Nach seinem Maschinenbaustudium in Essen führte ihn sein Weg bereits 1993 zur TOUR, wo er anfangs mit der Legende Hans Christian Smolik zusammenarbeitete. Heute ist Robert freiberuflich für TOUR und BIKE unterwegs, mit den Schwerpunktthemen Aerodynamik, Messtechnik und Entwicklung neuer Prüfmethoden. Motto: Geht nicht? Gibt‘s nicht. Robert berät auch die Radindustrie und Profiteams, coacht Athleten und kümmert sich um den Radsportnachwuchs. Als Radsportler mag es Robert kurz und schnell, auf schmalen wie auf breiten Reifen.

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