{"id":11147,"date":"2026-01-03T23:21:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T22:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aveon.ddns.net\/treport\/?p=11147"},"modified":"2026-01-06T16:13:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T15:13:00","slug":"happy-new-year-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aveon.ddns.net\/treport\/index.php\/en\/2026\/01\/03\/happy-new-year-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy New Year &#8211; 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Marry Christmas and Happy New Year greetings from the indoor training camp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>We still have 25 weeks to prepare, train and lose weight so that we can cope these mountains. What was a 45 km uphill climbing in 2017 will be a gruelling 52 km to climb in 2026, representing a significant increase. This is not so relevant for riders weighing 60 kg, but for everyone else it is another challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stage 20 or Indiana Jones and the Final Exam<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently, I watched the penultimate stage and its video, and once again I gained a deep respect for this undertaking, due to take place in July 2026. It makes me feel the previous 19 stages are just a preparation for this final test, which will be more challenging than anything I have ever done in cycling. I remember Chris spontaneously saying: \u201cIn the end, they want to kill us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"720\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 720;\" width=\"1280\" controls src=\"https:\/\/aveon.ddns.net\/treport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Stage 20 | Croix de Fer (2063m) &#8211; Telegraphe (1564m) &#8211; Galibier (2642m) &#8211; Sarenne (1999m) &#8211; Alpe d&#8217;Huez (1850m)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2017 we did a similar route, descending from Col du Galibier down to Brioncion (see <a href=\"https:\/\/aveon.ddns.net\/treport\/index.php\/en\/2017\/07\/12\/stage-17-la-mure-serre-chevalier-july-12\/\">stage 17 from 2017<\/a>). This time, however, we will climb back up to Col de Sarenne before rolling down to Alpe d&#8217;Huez to finish. The fact that this is \u201conly 171 km\u201d is no consolation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s 5600 meters of elevation gain in a single day. My best performance so far has been 4600 meters. So, at the end of this tour, we&#8217;ll ride another complete \u00d6tztaler cycling marathon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If my motivation in training and discipline slip over sometimes in the next few months, I&#8217;ll watch this video and hey presto .. I&#8217;ll be back on the training bike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Zwift&#8217;s Road to Sky<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>My virtual training software knows the route up to Alpe d&#8217;Huez. So I will climb this route once a week in addition to my other trainings, which means I will have &#8222;practised&#8220; it 25 times \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"666\" height=\"660\" src=\"https:\/\/aveon.ddns.net\/treport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/r2s-animation-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aveon.ddns.net\/treport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/r2s-animation-1.webp 666w, https:\/\/aveon.ddns.net\/treport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/r2s-animation-1-300x297.webp 300w, https:\/\/aveon.ddns.net\/treport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/r2s-animation-1-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/aveon.ddns.net\/treport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/r2s-animation-1-200x198.webp 200w, https:\/\/aveon.ddns.net\/treport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/r2s-animation-1-605x600.webp 605w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Road to Sky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Training &amp; Preperation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I managed to get Phillipp on board to programme training sessions for me again, which I can complete on my virtual machine indoor or with Garmin outdoors on the bike. With his help and experience, I now have a structured plan, including the necessary recovery phases, which are essential for improvement. This approach worked well in 2021 when preparing for my one-day long-distance events such as the Milano-Sanremo and the Mallorca 312, and others. It enabled me to adhere to the plan with discipline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dear Fellows, may 2026 be one of your best and most fantastic years yet. Wishing you all good health, happiness and love.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"121\" height=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/aveon.ddns.net\/treport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/R-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10559\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marry Christmas and Happy New Year greetings from the indoor training camp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[140],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stages-2026"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/aveon.ddns.net\/treport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/champagne_new_year_celebrate.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aveon.ddns.net\/treport\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aveon.ddns.net\/treport\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aveon.ddns.net\/treport\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aveon.ddns.net\/treport\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aveon.ddns.net\/treport\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11147"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/aveon.ddns.net\/treport\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11337,"href":"https:\/\/aveon.ddns.net\/treport\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11147\/revisions\/11337"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aveon.ddns.net\/treport\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aveon.ddns.net\/treport\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aveon.ddns.net\/treport\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aveon.ddns.net\/treport\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}