Author Archives: CTS
2013 Amgen Tour of California Race Experience Gallery
Congratulations to everyone who rode with #TeamCTS #17thTeam for the 2013 Amgen Tour of California Race Experience! It was a great 8-day adventure through the heat of the southern California desert and the towering windmills and mountains of northern California. … Continue reading
Weekend Reading from the Tour of California Race Experience: How to Survive a Stage Race on the Sun
Riding the Amgen Tour of California Race Experience with Team CTS this past week has been a blast, but that heat in first few days felt like riding on the surface of the sun. I’m really proud of all the … Continue reading
FAQs About Adapting to Training and Competing in Hot Weather
By Jim Rutberg, CTS Pro Coach/Co-author “The Time-Crunched Cyclist” The extreme temperatures have been a major story at the 2013 Amgen Tour of California, especially because many of the pros in the race came to the race from areas that … Continue reading
4 Keys to Effective Training in Hot Weather
By Chris Carmichael In 40-plus years of cycling, I’ve never experienced heat like I did climbing through the Pyrenees mountains when I rode with team 7-Eleven in the 1986 Tour de France… or the first three stages of the 2013 … Continue reading
Weekend Reading: Four Tips for Acing Your Next Performance Test
If progress is important to you, then measuring and monitoring your performance is critical. We know, for instance, that in the first six months an athlete works with a CTS Coach, they can often see a 10% increase in CTS … Continue reading
