{"id":194956,"date":"2024-02-08T14:38:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T14:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=194956"},"modified":"2024-02-08T14:38:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T14:38:00","slug":"living-the-dream-of-training-with-pros-whats-it-like-to-join-team-eolokometa-at-their-training-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2024\/02\/08\/living-the-dream-of-training-with-pros-whats-it-like-to-join-team-eolokometa-at-their-training-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"Living the Dream of Training with Pros: What\u2019s It Like to Join Team EoloKometa at Their Training Camp?"},"content":{"rendered":"

What cycling fan doesn\u2019t dream of riding with the pros on the same cutting-edge bike they use, if only for a day or two? Well, thanks to We Love Cycling, \u0160koda and Alberto Contador\u2019s Eolo\u2013Kometa team, Erik Aibast had the chance to live that dream. The 50-year-old Estonian from Keila, Estonia was one of two winners, out of nearly 53,000 participants, to win the Strava Challenge organised by We Love Cycling and spent three days riding and training with the team in Valencia, Spain.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cWe felt very welcome from the very first moment, and we felt like a part of the team right away,\u201d Erik said by email. He said the three days he spent at the team camp were more or less similar, starting with the wakeup call at 8 a.m. and then breakfast, with training with the team starting between 10:30 and 11. \u201cA normal training ride lasts 3-5 hours for the team,\u201d he said. \u201cWe had a bit shorter rides. We were able to hang on with the pros for the first hour. After that, we made our own way back to the hotel.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said that it certainly helped that he was given a team clothing kit and an Aurum Magm<\/a>a bike for training. \u201cThe bike was great from the very first pedal push \u2013 light, stiff but still comfortable enough so that you could go on for hours. Maybe the team mechanics had such a good eye on me that the bike setting was great before I even jumped on the saddle.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Erik Aibast (R) with Alberto Contador<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n