Team Saxo Bank's Matthew Goss Shares his TrainingPeaks Journal from the Giro d'Italia.

Country: Australia
Born: 05.11.1986
Pro since: 2006

Have you ever imagined what it is like for a professional rider to start their first ever grand tour event? Just a few days ago Team Saxo Bank’s Matthew Goss was wondering just the same thing as he prepared for his first Giro d’Italia, and his first grand tour.

Goss, of Australia, has decided to share his grand tour debut through his TrainingPeaks journal entries along with his power and heart rate data collected from his SRM power meter. We hope to be able to provide a daily account of his experience as told with his own words. Stay tuned to follow how he progresses and endures one of the world’s hardest sporting events.

Stage 2 - Sunday, May 10: Jesolo - Trieste, 156km

To view Goss’s TrainingPeaks Journal and download his race file from stage 2 click here.

Matthew’s TrainingPeaks Journal entry:

“Pretty flat day with not much attacking in the start, which was nice! Cruised day until the finishing circuits of 11km with a 2.1km climb. Had good legs, got a bit excited and followed Gilbert and Pozzato when they went, but missed the jump so chased and ran out of gas at 200m from the top of the climb and ended up back in the peleton. Which split because of a crash....”

Welcome to the big leagues. Goss’s first road stage in a grand tour was a relative success. As you can see from his journal entry he stayed safe and even went for the victory at one point.



Stage 3 - Monday, May 11: Grado - Valdobbiadene, 198km

To view Goss’s TrainingPeaks journal and download his file from stage 3 click here.

Stage 3 Mean Max Power Curve

Matthew’s Training Journal entry:

“Same story as yesterday, 2 attacks today and the break of 5 was gone. Fast day with not much stress until the last 60km which proved to be a bit harder than expected. Legs were not as great today, but got over the 3 climbs ok, was starting to get in the mix for the finish but at 10km to go there was a big crash blocking the whole road for about a minute and split the peleton, so unfortunately that was day over, as far as winning went!”

Goss had a relatively safe ride again today and played it smart. The same can’t be said for Christian Vande Velde who unfortunately crashed and was taken to the hospital with broken ribs.

So far so good for Goss and his Team Saxo Bank teammates. Let’s hope he (and all of the Giro racers) can stay safe and continue to deliver his unique insider view into one of the world’s most beautiful bike races.

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