In the build up to saturday's highly anticipated race, we are proud to bring you an insight to the some riders pre race preparations. Otago Cycling atempted to contact a number of the pre race favourites in order to shed some light on what it takes to compete at a rgional level. Otago Cycling spoke to Johnathon Hurricane Stockwell who denied any rumours that'd he was racing. Stockwell said that he was reverting to a "traditional" approach to riding and this approach does not involve short 60 kilometre races. Instead he intends to get some long and hard miles under his belt which he will be follow up with an afternoon exam, allowing his body to recover from strenous training. Stockwell also commented on the importance of a healthy diet, "If I loose wieght, I loose power." Stockwell intends to tackle this problem by "carboloading" at the puub later on that night.
Otago Cycling also attempted to contact local power house Shane Melrose but was only able to reach his press correspondent. Melrose's correspondent was able to confirm that Melrose would not be racing this weekend either. He was also quick to quash any speculation that Melrose had been stood down by team management for abnormally high hieneken levels in his blood stream, "Shane is recovering from a broken rib which he sustained in a mountain biking accident earlier this week." However when pressed further he refused to reveal medical documentation to confirm this story.
Unfortunately Otago Cycling was unable to contact local super-domestique, Joel Davies. When Cycling Otago rang Joel they where informed that it was past his bedtime and he was unable to answer the phone. Davies is known for his courageuos lone breakaways and has a reputation for choosing to brave the elements by himself instead of sheltering in the peleton.
We also managed to breifly contact David Ayre, who was located in the central library. Ayre appeared to be doing nothing productive although he did have several books scattered in fron of him. Cycling Otago can only conclude that he was resting hinslelf and studying tactics for tomorrows race. Ayre did state that he intended to spend saturday morning in a university exam but Cycling Otago suspects this is a ploy to divert attention from his secret training scheme.
Unfortunatly we where unable to contac either Chris Henderson or Geof Keogh or Chris Henderson but bot will be dominate forces in tomorrows race. We also wish to point out that there are many other riders who could potentially claim victory tomorrow. especially considering the nature of tomorrows course and the style of race.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment