Blogroll > Simon Whitfield – What Powers you? / Paula Findlay update / Clayton Fettell / Andy Shleck out of Tour de France.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0c4xILuY2I&feature=player_embedded

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Quelques infos de Paula Findlay? Suite à l’annonce de la sélection olympique, voici ses propos sur son état de forme. “It’s been difficult, but I am progressing,it’s not ideal not being able to race very much. I’m doing the best I can with the cards I’ve been dealt.” “There’s still a few months to go so I’m confident I can be ready in time for the Games for sure. My confidence is a lot higher than it’s been. It hasn’t been an easy path, but I’m certainly a lot better than I was a month ago.”

Elle est inscrite pour la coupe du monde d’Edmonton (format sprint). On devrait être en mesure de connaitre son état de forme.

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Firstoffthebike.com vient de faire l’entrevue de la nouvelle star montante australienne en 70.3 soit Clayton Fettell. Il vient d’enchainer 2 victoires en 7 jours, Mooseman et Kansas 70.3. Dans ce texte, on y apprend qu’il s’entraine avec Craig Alexander. Point très intéressant, il nous éclaircit sur les méthodes d’entrainement assez surprenante de Crowie. 50h par semaine???

You’ve mentioned Craig Alexander a couple of times. What’s the one thing in Crowie repertoire that you’d like to emulate?
Probably training volumes. He’s been chipping away for so long, and his training speeds, he doesn’t train at a super fast speed, it’s not going out and smashing it, he doesn’t go out and smash himself all the time, he goes out and he might train only at 27 km an hour on the bike, and he might only run at 4.45 to 5-minute k’s, but he can churn out 50 hour weeks. It’s just time on the legs and that’s something I’m sort of taking away. I’ve slowed myself down a little bit in training, and I know when to go easy and when to go hard. 

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From Cyclingnews

Andy Schleck is said to have been more seriously injured in Dauphiné crash than previously thought, and will not be able to ride the Tour de France, according to Luxembourg websites.

Examinations have shown that he fractured his pelvis and will be out for six weeks, tageblatt.lu reported. According to rtl.lu, he fractured a vertaebra which is part of the pelvis.

His father Johnny Schleck has confirmed to RTL that Andy Schleck will not ride the Tour, Ekstrabladet.dk reported. Wort.lu says a member of the riders « inner circle » conrirmed the news to them.

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Certaines courses Ironman obtiendrons plus de spot pour Kona en 2013. La course d’Afrique du Sud est l’une d’elle avec 40 spots. Ce qu’il faut savoir est que les courses dans le reste du monde ont généralement moins de participants (environ 1800 athlètes), cela signifie que le ratio est plus avantageux que des courses en Amérique du nord. Enfin rassurez-vous, la concentration géographique change la donne.