Elia Viviani has revealed his best kept secret on how to sprint and win a cycling race. This professional cyclist has a very key strategy and is based on teamwork, although in the end only one can be the first to cross the finish line.
On May 8, the first of the 3 great tours of professional cycling begins: Giro d'Italia, Tour de France and the Vuelta España. During the next 3 weeks the 90th installment of the Giro d'Italia, a sporting event that has been held every year since May 13, 1909.
Elia Viviani, a professional cycling sprinter, participates in that Grand Tour of Italy and has decided to explain how his strategy works, in case we are interested in copying it when you practice outdoor cycling with friends.
Do sprints, teamwork
Elia comments that his feat begins when there are 50 km left to cross the finish line. He comments that, "That's when I start to be alert". After passing that limit, the second part of his strategy arrives and this happens when he is 25 km from finishing the race.
At that precise moment he says that the adrenaline levels begin to rise, and little by little he becomes aware of the end. When there are about 10 km left, everything changes in her head. Elia comments that this is where he begins to analyze how his teammates from other teams who have distanced themselves from the main squad are doing.
This is where everything is at stake, there are only about 3 km left to cross the finish line and you have to draw strength from where there is none and it is time to put the strategy into practice. Viviani says that it is essential to be well positioned in the peloton and asks his teammates to help him position himself at a specific point at the top of the pack.
The crucial moment comes when there are barely 1.500 meters left to finish that race. In the words of the Cofidis team cyclist: "Kenneth and Simone usually guide Saba (Fabio Sabatini) and me until there are barely 500 meters left". Then his time comes and after about 200 meters (depending on the situation that Viviani sees), he decides to attack, sprint and cross the finish line.
Without a doubt, a strategy where the whole team is involved. A joint work where all are equally important and where each and every one of them acts as essential pieces to put together this strategy from the beginning and achieve final victory.