Silence-Lotto Professional Bert Roesems Training File
29 February 2008 
February 29th, 2008
Silence-Lotto professional Bert Roesems has been using TrainingPeaks to manage his training for more than a year. Bert is allowing TrainingPeaks to profile one of his recent training rides from a training camp he attended in Spain in early February.
What is interesting about Bert is he fractured his pelvic and pubic bones in a crash in the 2007 Tour of Spain, and he is still trying to build his strength and cycling economy since his crash.
Here is a short interview conducted with Bert on February 27th:
Q- You broke your hip in last year’s Vuelta. How have you progressed since the accident? Do you have any lingering affects of the injury?
BR- I progressed steadily from my pelvis and pubic bone fracture. The main problem is getting the integrity back from the main muscle groups surrounding my pelvis. This is coming along very slowly.
Q- What are your primary objectives for the 2008 season?
BR- My primary objectives were the ‘Classics of the North’, starting from Omloop Het Volk until Paris-Roubaix like the last couple of years which were succesful. This will be difficult to achieve now. I will take one race at a time and evaluate.
Q- What has your best race result been so far this season?
BR- Best result was 5th place at the opening TTT in the Tour of Qatar (duh!!!).
Q- What type of training are you doing now? what is your primary focus of training now?
BR- Main focus on training now is coordination (with the use of Powercranks), strength efforts and resistance to achieve a high competitive level again.
Read the accompanying article Spring Forward to Race Intensity by Dirk Friel published at Velonews.com
February 6th Workout in Spain
Feel free to view and download Bert’s February 6th workout and see just how hard the pros train. Bert weighs 178lbs and can maintain a minimum of 350watts for an hour.
Total ride time 4:40 with four sets of intervals including:
60-minute warmup
6 x 30seconds on a climb at 500+watts with 45 second recoveries
35 minutes easy
4 x 2.5 minutes at 430w on a climb with 5-minute rest periods
45′ easy
6 x 30 seconds near 500w with 30 second recoveries
5′ rest
4 x 90 seconds at 450-480w with 5′ recoveries.
Above is one of the interval sets from Bert Roesem’s training file which shows four intervals at 430w.
Good luck to Bert and the entire Silence-Lotto team in tomorrow’s Het Volk Classic in Belgium!
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