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Altitude Training Livigno, pro cyclists feedback @hotel_latea | July 2020

7 luglio 2020

Altitude will give to our pro cyclists an advantage when racing resumes.

Q&A | Mark Cavendish

[Bahrein-McLaren Team]

Mark, for you it's first time ever here, let's talk about some crazy experiences you'd like to talk about regarding your stay in Livigno.

"Well, I never expected to have snowy days on June, for me it's unbelievable, I've been so excited about that.

Living on 2220m above sea level is an ideal place to train, at the beginning of our stay

I was short of breath, I felt like I can't get enough air into my lungs. [LAUGHING]

But I'm sure it can help us with our preparation."

How does altitude training benefit a World Champion sprinter such as yourself?

"We all know about the beneficts when you train and live to high alititude for a period:

when you compete at lower altitudes, you get a natural boost to the muscles

where additional oxygen is available.

I am also a sprinter and Livigno offers some great "flat segments" for interval training, laps and more.

What's your impression of Hotel La Tea, Livigno?

"I love this place, the Owner Michela warmly welcomed me in to her alpine hotel

and she makes me feel at home everytime."

Did you try any of the local foods? What dishes did you enjoy the most?

[LAUGHING] "I'm a pizzoccheri lover: I chose always them when they were on the menu.

Even Bresaola I appreciated a lot, I probably ate it too much, I need to stop binge eating! "

How did you manage during the COVID-19 lockdown?

"Basically, I trained indoor 20 hours per week, adding 10 hours in the gym at home."

What the fastest speed have you ever reached?

"128km /h! I saw it on Tour de Swisse 2009.

If I could use St Moritz bob [photo on @markcavendish], we could probably do it better." [LAUGHING]

You're staying in one of the most famous ski resorts in Europe,

what about winter sports , can you alpine ski?

"No, I can't. I try once in Norway.. but there is a lot of work for improvement.

I hope, one day to try again... maybe in Livigno, it would be a dream."

Mark, please complete these sentences:

For You, Cycling is...FREEDOM.

For You, Life is... FAMILY.

Q&A | Jasha Sutterlin [SUNWEB team]

How many times have you been in Livigno?

"I love Livigno area for training, I trained three times Under 23 and now it's three years in a row that I have chosen this magic hotel on the top of Livigno for my preparation."

Recurring dream?

"Since 2014 as a professional cyclist, my dream is one day be on one or more podiums

of "the Monuments of Cycling":

Milan-San Remo, the Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix, Liege-Bastogne-Liege, and the Tour of Lombardy."

Strangest thing have you experienced on your bike?

[LAUGHING] "Most crazy experience? It was not so far away from here [Livigno, Hotel La Tea],

on the Mortirolo stage during the 2019 Giro: We all know about that tough stage but the weather didn't help us for sure, we just started the climb and it started to rain cats and dogs: on the 20% segment on that brutal climb, we had some problems trying to manage it.

It was the day I suffered the most on a bike."

What did you do after that?

"At the finish line, I went straight into the shower and after dinner straight to bed. Totally Frozen."

When you are away for training for so many weeks, which of German foods do you miss most?

"For sure, I always miss wurstsalat as well bratzel."

What about your best Italian food?

As a lucky cyclist, my girlfriend comes from Caserta, thus I love italian food;

expecially mozzarella on the pizza, it's highly appreciated.

What's your next destination after Livigno?

"Sunweb team is going to Kuhtai (AUT) for a training camp from 8th to 29th july, after that we are going to finally start this season: on 1st August I'll be in Tuscany for "Strade Bianche 2020".

I'm using these final days to practice and do some final tests in order to maxime my altitude training here."

Q&A | Enrico Gasparotto & Michael Valgren [NTT team]

Let's talk about your time in Livigno. How is it going?

@Michael: "It's my first time here in Livigno, I was invited by Gaspa

and some other teammates,

it's a great experience

and magic place to train here.

@Gaspa8r: "I'm always happy to be here.

Although we have some slighlty different skills, we are trying to train as much as possible all together,

adapting during the ride".

What are you doing during your free time here?

"We are lucky to be here with some other big pros such as Mark Cavendish; we usually plan a proper fun day of mountain bike riding and we really appreciated the single tracks on Mottolino valley,

Forcola and the Swiss Side.

[photo by @gaspa8r].

Obviously mtb is just for fun, road is our best field."

What are your expectations about his crazy upcoming season?

@Gaspa8r: "I'm going to compete at Tour of Poland on August, after that we'll prepare some classic event.

For sure the Belgian appointments will be exciting to race expecially this year.

In your opinion, which will it be the strangest or most unusual race this year?

@Gaspa8r: "With no doubt, "Tour of Lombardy" will be an interesting race: It has been moved to August 15th, earlier than classic scheduled time (called as well "the Classic of the falling (dead) leaves").

It is traditionally the last of the five 'Monuments' of the season, considered to be one of the most prestigious one-day events in cycling, and one of the last events on the UCI World Tour calendar.

Probably the level will be super high and we'll have some surprises."

Gaspa, you're turning 38 this year, that's a lot of expereince in the world of pro cycling,

how many times have you chosen Livigno as a place for altitude training?

@Gaspa8r: "I had the privilege of training here two previous time Under 23 time, then after 2005 as professionist, I am now training here every year, I even call Hotel La Tea, Livigno my third home!

Sometimes I visited this little piece of Heaven on Earth as well during winter time,

always awesome memories."

Best food?

"As I come from just 20km outside of San Daniele del Friuli, cooking has always been close to my heart.

I really appreciate Valtellina cuisine: pizzoccheri, bresaola, sciatt, but expecially the Nebbiolo wines here,

I love them."

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