CyclocrossToday Scott Dedenbach

We finish off the 2020 EuroCross Academy Summer sessions series with a great line-up! Katerina Nash talks about multi sport athletes and the ONE time she was disappointed...:)  Then we are joined by maybe the best known cycling coach in the country; JIm Miller from USAC.  His knowledge is awesome as are his insights.

This week at the EuroCross Academy, campers were joined by Mike Teunissen.  Mike reviewed video with us of his 2013 U23 world championship win in Louisville and talked about how his CX skills have helped him be a better road racer.  Then Chris McGovern chats with campers about race day prep with some support from Becca Fahringer.

France has what is probably the largest junior rider participation in cyclocross in the world.  We had French national training coach Francois Trarieux and Caroline Mani join EuroCross Academy summer sessions to talk about their system and how it gets so many junior riders to their national races.

This week the EuroCross Academy class is joined by Tim Heemskerk one of the performance coaches for Jumbo - Visma and Kelsey Erickson the Executive Director of Athlete Health and Wellness for USAC.  Tim talks about how American riders should use training blocks when in Europe.  Kelsey's talk is about the programs USAC has for athlete health and how they work and protect athletes.

This week at the academy we were joined by Karen Ramakers from Telenet Baloise and Stu Thorne from Cannondale Cyclocrossworld.  They talk to the campers about their team structure and operation and what they look for in young riders.  Hint: It's coachability.....our character topic this week.

This week on EuroCross Academy summer sessions companion podcast we bring you Gerben de Knegt the Dutch national coach for mountain and cyclocross.  He tells us what REALLY makes the Dutch system special.  Hint: It's not a training drill.  With Gerben is Puck Pieterse, at 17 she finished top 5 in a Women's elite race last year and took second at Junior Womens Worlds.  Then to finish out the show Allison Arensman talks about strength training, specifically some ideas for back strength and Roger and Curtis take on some bike carrying videos.