Winter training for road cyclists - Road bike training: Fit through the winter

It's understandable if the bike has to be put away after a long season. An exhausted body needs time to recover - but above all, the mind needs some distance from cycling. However, after two or three weeks at the latest, you should get going again and at least do some compensatory training, otherwise your hard-won fitness will quickly fade - and unfortunately faster than you built it up. Continuity is a decisive factor in endurance sports. If you don't want to yo-yo between winter and summer form, but want to maintain or improve an already high level, you need to get active now. You don't have to rack up an epic number of kilometres on your bike to do this. Enrich your training with alternative sports instead, then the quality of cycling is more important than the length.

Winter training coming soon:

5.5 hours per week, spread over three training sessions per week, is the start of the TOUR winter plan, which can be gradually extended to six sessions per week. Two short, hard sessions on the roller maintain your cycling form, while a range of other activities promote endurance and strength.

The entire article including training plans (roller training; athletics, endurance training, optional endurance training) can be found below as a PDF download.

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