{"id":178411,"date":"2020-06-25T16:07:29","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T16:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=178411"},"modified":"2020-06-25T16:07:29","modified_gmt":"2020-06-25T16:07:29","slug":"philippe-gilbert-living-in-the-same-place-with-the-same-people-was-something-new-to-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2020\/06\/25\/philippe-gilbert-living-in-the-same-place-with-the-same-people-was-something-new-to-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Philippe Gilbert: \u201cLiving in the Same Place with the Same People Was Something New to Me\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Enjoy another batch of highlights from our #Ride2Unite series, this time with the \u2018King of the Classics\u2019, Belgian road racer Philippe Gilbert. While the Covid-19 restrictions are slowly easing in Europe, the pandemic left (and is still leaving) a deep mark on the world and the cycling sphere is no different. With events and grand tours still being cancelled and postponed left, right and centre, we\u2019re keeping our promise to keep the cycling community entertained and connected and you can look forward to more streams to come. See the rundown of no. 7 below.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Currently a rider for Team Lotto Soudal, Philippe Gilbert has a colourful history of teams (Quick-Step Floors, BMC) and wins (18-times Classics winner, UCI Road World Championship, the Amstel Gold Race, La Fl\u00e8che Wallonne, Li\u00e8ge\u2013Bastogne\u2013Li\u00e8ge, Tour de Flanders and more) to his name. He\u2019s known as one of the most versatile riders of today as he\u2019s at home on both flat sprints and hilly climbs, which makes him a force to be reckoned with. Our regular livestream host, Laura Meseguer, a professional Eurosport reporter and sports journalist, queried Philippe about his diverse training techniques, getting used to a busy life suddenly coming at a full stop, peaking one\u2019s performance at the right time, the importance of right leaders and teachers, career past, future goals and more.<\/p>\n

Read more about Philippe in our previous introductory article<\/a>.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CB0t95UFJde\/<\/p>\n

The first question is always readily on hand \u2013 how did Philippe handle these last unusual few weeks and months? For him, the first good news after the lockdown eased was the possibility to ride outside and after that, it became easier to organize life back to \u201cnormal\u201d as even the UCI\u2019s race calendar started to be active again. \u201cIt was not easy to stay inside on home trainers, I was really happy to go out,\u201d said Philippe, adding that he rides only in France and Monaco as he doesn\u2019t want to travel to other countries just yet.<\/p>\n

Laura was curious if there\u2019s anything helpful in experiencing a situation like this. \u201cI think we can all learn from it,\u201d said Phillipe, adding that a lot of people will reconsider their hygienic and social habits, in his opinion, especially hand washing. \u201cThis is something we athletes already do, e.g. when we go to a team presentation where we meet a lot of people, we shake the hands of sometimes a few hundred people in a day and then you really clean your hands a lot. It was already in the protocol of the teams but now it\u2019s for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Philippe Gilbert pictured during the seventh stage of the Paris-Nice, Saturday 14 March 2020. \u00a9 Profimedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When asked what he learned during these weeks and if there was a change of perspective, Philippe honestly answered: \u201cLiving in the same place with the same people was something new for me, since I was 16 in the Junior category, I was always travelling, my school holidays were always at training camps. [\u2026] I\u2019ve been travelling for the past 25 years and I\u2019m almost 39, I\u2019ve never been in the same bed for more than two weeks,\u201d quipped Philippe. \u201cIn the beginning, it was not easy because I was so used to take the suitcase and jump into the aeroplane, in the car or on the train and go to another training or a race so the first thing to learn was just to stay. But when you have to stay with your family it\u2019s also always good news.\u201d<\/p>\n

The first question from the audience concerned the second Cote de La Redoute comeback \u2013 Philippe smashed his home climb\u2019s record on Strava just a few days ago, when he was finally allowed to fly home to his extended family, and it made quite the rounds online. He completed the climb, which is 1.6-km long with an average gradient of 9.5 per cent, in 4 minutes 25 seconds. The previous record-holder was Romain Bardet who had set a time of 4:42 before Gilbert knocked a whopping 17 seconds off the Frenchman\u2019s time. But the stunning success didn\u2019t last long. \u201cSince then, two young guys from The Netherland came and beat me. So, now I\u2019m in Monaco and the next time I\u2019m going back to Belgium I\u2019m gonna come again and go faster,\u201d Philippe concluded with a laugh.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CBGZ5cJJwP-\/<\/p>\n

In the last quarter of the stream, Laura and Philippe strayed from current topics and got deeper down the memory lane. Specifically, Laura wanted to know whether he feels melancholic that lots of the teammates and cycling peers his age are already retiring. \u201cNo, we still have awesome guys of the same age, I think Koen de Kort is still racing. [\u2026] We\u2019re not many left but still a few and it\u2019s nice to still be competitive, like, when one of the guys does a nice result, I\u2019m one of the first to send him a message and vice versa. We\u2019re almost the last ones standing so it\u2019s nice,\u201d states Philippe with optimism.<\/p>\n

See the full IG TV stream above. For the previous #Ride2Unite livestream with Jenny Rissveds, Swedish Cross-Country MTB Rider, Olympic and world champion, and an inspiration to all struggling to break through and find the strength to continue (not only) with their beloved sport, head over here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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