A physio's diary: Consistent Aggression (Tour of Britain)
Team physiotherapist Toby Watson sent this dispatch from the recent Tour of Britain, despite few hours of sleep! I’m in Ipswich, southeast England, and have finally found time to get finger to keyboard (what is the modern equivalent of “pen to paper”?) to scribble (again – what’s the digital version of scribbling? – such important [...]
A physio's tale: You've ****** done it!
Stage 5 of the Eneco Tour had the race heading back into the bumpy territory that did so much damage on Stage 3, this time on similar roads to those used in the Amstel Gold spring classic. Svein was still in contention for a podium position on the over all, and the main role for [...]
A physio's tale: Getting It Done – Eneco Tour, stage 1
Yesterday was an interesting day for the team: we had Svein in the leader’s jersey, and so were obliged to control the race. It’s a different vibe controlling the race to get close to the finish and then letting the sprinter teams take over: normally we’re in the situation of wanting to control things late, [...]
A physio's tale: The wait and hope
Once again our fearless team physiologist Toby Watson will be sending in dispatches from the road, this time at the Eneco Tour. Yesterday was the start of the Eneco Tour, a race through the Netherlands, Belgium and (I think) Luxembourg. It’s a week-long race on the Pro Tour circuit, meaning it is one of the [...]
Video: Keeping our cool
Team Garmin-Transitions’ physiotherapist Toby Watson shows us a trade secret on how to keep riders cool during the hot French summer. More photos from the Tour de France:
A physio's tale: The final efforts
Team Garmin-Transitions’ physiotherapist Toby Watson will be checking in from the roads in France during Le Tour (literally from the roads as the transfers from start to finish in the car are the medical staff’s only down time!) We’re on the downhill slope for this race now, and the fatigue is starting to show. It’s [...]
A physio's tale: Mountaintop on stage 17
Team Garmin-Transitions’ physiotherapist Toby Watson will be checking in from the roads in France during Le Tour (literally from the roads as the transfers from start to finish in the car are the medical staff’s only down time!) Today was the showdown. As all who watch cycling know, any stage with a mountaintop finish is [...]
A physio's tale: How far we go
Team Garmin-Transitions’ physiotherapist Toby Watson will be checking in from the roads in France during Le Tour (literally from the roads as the transfers from start to finish in the car are the medical staff’s only down time!) Stage 16 was the biggest climbing stage of the Tour, but the last climb was some 60km [...]
A physio's tale: R&R for some
Team Garmin-Transitions’ physiotherapist Toby Watson will be checking in from the roads in France during Le Tour (literally from the roads as the transfers from start to finish in the car are the medical staff’s only down time!) After a single day of respite from the searing heat of the majority of this race, we [...]
A physio's tale: Another Day, Another Epic
Team Garmin-Transitions’ physiotherapist Toby Watson will be checking in from the roads in France during Le Tour (literally from the roads as the transfers from start to finish in the car are the medical staff’s only down time!) Yesterday’s stage was a 204km monster through hot weather over a series of significant climbs, totalling about [...]
A phsyio's tale: Throw the book out the window
Team Garmin-Transitions’ physiotherapist Toby Watson will be checking in from the roads in France during Le Tour (literally from the roads as the transfers from start to finish in the car are the medical staff’s only down time!) There was a quote one of our boys gave on a day he crashed twice in 200m: [...]
A physio's tale: Two day theory
Team Garmin-Transitions’ physiotherapist Toby Watson will be checking in from the roads in France during Le Tour (literally from the roads as the transfers from start to finish in the car are the medical staff’s only down time!) Ow… ow… ow… ow… It hurts just looking at it! It is a very fortunate thing that [...]
A physio's tale: The bounce!
Team Garmin-Transitions’ physiotherapist Toby Watson will be checking in from the roads in France during Le Tour (literally from the roads as the transfers from start to finish in the car are the staff’s only down time!) During stage 3 the physio team was ‘deployed’ to help with wheel changes and feeding on the cobbles. [...]
A physio's tale: Tour de France, stage 2
Team Garmin-Transitions’ physiotherapist Toby Watson will be checking in from the roads in France during Le Tour (literally from the roads as the transfers from start to finish in the car is the staff’s only down time!) After stage 2 the physio team was ‘on the rivet’ themselves tending to the carnage. (You can follow [...]
