Where is Adrien Niyonshuti

[Swart Kat]

What and where is he?

[Guest DieBees]

Huh? Is he lost?

 

[kosmonooit]

Here

 

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Edited August 22, 2013 by kosmonooit

[gummibear]

Training?

Edited August 27, 2013 by gummibear

[gummibear]

Earlier this year, Adrien Niyonshuti learnt he had a medical condition which would force him to miss the entire European season, the same season that was meant to be his first fulltime year on the road after switching from the mountain biking discipline.

So it comes as no surprise when the Rwandan said this week, with a big smile on his face, “The doctor told me everything is looking fine for me to ride on the road in November again.”

Just prior to departing for Tirreno-Adriatico in February, which would have been his first ever WorldTour race, Niyonshuti was diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis (DVT) complicated by pulmonary emboli.

He has been forced to watch the success of his teammates from the sidelines.

“In life you never know what will happen,” Niyonshuti said. “I was looking forward to switching to road cycling this year and to working hard. I had achieved my dream in mountain biking by getting to the Olympics, now I wanted to achieve my dream in road biking. Obviously this happened and you can’t change it. It’s been really hard for me mentally to not race and train outside but I am looking forward to the future now.”

The 26 year old has been unable to cycle outdoors due to the medication he is receiving. In the meantime, while utilizing the indoor trainer, he has also taken to road running to maintain fitness. Proving his athletic ability, he recently entered a 10 kilometre run and completed the course in 37:06’17″.

When asked about his return to road racing in November and how he’s kept up the motivation to train this year, he said, “I am looking forward to achieving my dream on the road. I want to win and I want to do my best.

“I want to race in Europe and improve my skills and I’d love to win races in Europe, especially on the climbs. I’m really working hard now on the indoor trainer. I want to be fit when I come back. I’ve been running because it’s not as dangerous as going out on the bike and I’ve been using the indoor trainer and am up to 40 hours a month now. I want to up it to 45 – 50 hours a month with some intervals. I am sure when I ride on the road in November, it will be less suffering because I am putting the work in now,” Niyonshuti concluded.

“Adrien has been doing high quality, power-based indoor trainer bike sessions for the past two months, in addition to regular road runs,” said Performance Coach Trevor Court. “This week he completed some physiological tests of cycling performance and we’re very happy with the results. His fitness is building and is on track in support of his goals to return to competition in November. Our goal is to have him back stronger than ever before for the 2014 season.”

 

[Meezo]

I really really admired/admire this guy. good to hear and see.

[Vetseun]

An admirable rider, human being and a really good oke. Respect

[TALUS]

40 hours /month on the trainer - got to respect that....

[Santa C]

Any hours over 14hrs a week on an indoor is f ing amazing.