caitelliott.co.uk » Steiner https://www.caitelliott.co.uk/blog Sat, 04 Mar 2017 11:34:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Frühlingscup crits – Brütten https://www.caitelliott.co.uk/blog/2013/03/17/fruhlings-cup-brutten/ https://www.caitelliott.co.uk/blog/2013/03/17/fruhlings-cup-brutten/#comments Sun, 17 Mar 2013 10:10:08 +0000 Cait http://www.caitelliott.co.uk/blog/?p=3525 Continue reading →]]> Racing in Switzerland in February? you’d have to be mad! The Steiner season kicked of with the Frühlings Cup, a local 3 race crit series with a handicapped start. The first race was 40km in sub zero temperature, surrounded by snow and full on winter kit. I forgot my sunglasses and it was so cold I started to get dizzy because my eyeballs froze! After a long break I was reminded that racing is hard work especially when all the categories are mixed together and a little ‘local’ race here involves World champions, pro riders and very fast guys. There is also no hiding or kidding yourself either, racing confirmed what I’ve been trying to deny, my calves are not better. I’ll spare you the rant but I finished with calf explosions, out the back and very annoyed.


By the last race the temperatures had increased and an incredible panorama of the Alps in the background reminded me why its worth putting up with the cold winter here. The distance increased to 17 laps of a 4km circuit and Yves took his 2nd win and the overall series for the Steiner team! Handicapped races are asking for disaster, large pelotons coming together at totally different speeds on narrow roads, erratic riding and questionable bike handling skills. You really had to have your wits about you in there with several crashes and rideres frequently taking detours into the neighbouring fields. Fiola had a nasty crash putting her out of the race when she was well positioned for a great ride, get well soon!









Back to pestering doctors and cycling wise plan B is the focus…

]]> https://www.caitelliott.co.uk/blog/2013/03/17/fruhlings-cup-brutten/feed/ 0 Steiner Bäckerei Wetzikon – Argon 18 Cycling Team https://www.caitelliott.co.uk/blog/2013/01/30/steiner-backerei-wetzikon-argon-18-cycling-team/ https://www.caitelliott.co.uk/blog/2013/01/30/steiner-backerei-wetzikon-argon-18-cycling-team/#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:35:08 +0000 Cait http://www.caitelliott.co.uk/blog/?p=3450 Continue reading →]]> This year I am excited to be representing Steiner Bäckerei Wetzikon – Argon 18 Cycling Team, one of Switerland’s most sucessful Jedermann/Gran Fondo (amateur) road racing teams. With a mixture of nationalities and experiences, the team has a great set up with lots of top quality sponsors and some very quick guys to train with. It will be my first time road racing outside of Ireland and I’m hoping there will be plenty of big hills involved. Give them a like over on facebook to keep updated!

Here are some shots from the team photoshoot in the Steiner bakery and up in the hills in sub-zero temperatures at the weekend:




Don’t worry I haven’t given up mountain biking. My calf injury is improving but still not resolved and at the moment the road bike tends to do less damage to my legs as I can wear the crazy midsole cleats. It will be a season of experimenting and adjusted goals, hopefully I can survive the length of a race without calf explosions and will get some mtb racing in too (maybe a new bike and gravity enduro is they key!). Either way after 18 months since my last race I will be a major bag of nerves on the first start line in a few weeks time!

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