How To Become A Pro Cyclist with Jack Burke

Ben Day is an Australian ex-pro cyclist, a former coach at the men’s world tour team Jayco Alula and the current coach for American Magic, the America’s cup yacht racing team where he trains Cyclors (big guys riding bikes on the boat to power the boat) to push 500W + for 20-30min races. So much incredible training information in this episode.  If you love this and want more go to https://howtobeco...

Riejanne Markus is a Dutch world tour rider on Visma Lease A Bike. She’s a multiple-time national champion, won many pro races, multiple top 10s at the world championships and already raced the Tour De France twice.  If you love this content and want more, go to howtobecomeaprocyclist.com

Joss Lowden is a British rider on UNO X and current women’s hour record holder. 

Axel Merckx won an Olympic medal and stage at the Giro but he is also the owner and boss of the best development U23 cycling team in the world - Axeon. This episode is for anyone who wants to become a pro cyclist or see inside the best development team in the world.  

Alex Baudin is a French world tour rider on Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale. 

Vasilis Anastopoulos is a Greek former rider and current head of performance at Astana where he is currently Mark Cavendish's coach. He was the head coach at Quickstep where he also coached Remco Evenepoel. Vasilis has had a long career of coaching the best riders in the world, those are just the two names that come up in this podcast.

Gabriele Gallo is an Italian PHD graduate student and the one behind the Knowledge Is Watt Instagram account which takes the latest sports science and makes it simple to understand. Translating PubMed research papers into Instagram content at a 3rd-grade level of understanding.  

Quinn Simmons is an American rider on Lidl Trek. A former Junior world champion and current US national champion.

Eduardo Sepúlveda is a pro from Argentina on Lotto Dstny. He’s been a pro for more than 10 years and has an incredible story that shows how hard it is just to get to Europe to get the chance to race the biggest races 

Jonas Iversby Hvideberg is a 25 year old Norwegian pro on UNO X and previously rode for DSM. if you love this content, go to howtobecomeaprocyclist.com for more

Dries De Pooter is a 21 year old Belgian rider in his second year in the world tour with Intermarche Wanty

Frank van den Broek is a Dutch world tour rider on the DSM-firmenich PostNL world tour team. He’s 23 years old and starting his first year in the world tour but he’s very open about the best tricks he’s tried to improve his performance so this episode is full of great new ideas. for more content, go to  howtobecomeaprocyclist.com  

Chris Harper is an Aussie world tour cyclist on Jayco Alula. He turned pro older than most but with Jumbo Visma after almost quitting the sport the year before. He finished his first Tour De France in 2023. howtobecomeaprocyclist.com

Marco Pinotti is a retired italian pro cyclist and was one of the best Time trialists in the world during his career. He’s now the head coach on the mens world tour team Jayco Alula. Marco has published many documents over the years on training science and this episode may be the most dense source of information specifically on Time Trial training. howtobecomeaprocyclist.com

Sven Erik Bystrøm is a Norwegian world tour rider. He was the U23 mens road race world champion in 2014 and has been a world tour rider for 10 years on Katusha, UAE, Intermarche-Wanty and now Groupama FDJ. howtobecomeaprocyclist.com

Simone Petilli is an italian world tour rider on Intermarche-Wanty who previously road for UAE and Lamprey.  book - howtobecomeaprocyclist.com

Mathew Hayman is an Aussie who was pro for 20 years in Europe between 2000 and 2019. He is now a Sports director on Jayco Alula (the mens Greenedge Aussie World Tour Team) If you're curious to see the book - howtobecomeaprocyclist.com

Ide Schelling is a Dutch pro on Astana who spent his first 4 years pro on Bora Hansgrohe and wore the polka dot jersey at the Tour De France for the first week in the 2021 edition.

Todd Wells is one of the most famous names regarding American mountain bikers. He raced the world cup for many years, has more than 10 national titles, 3 wins at the Leadville 100 and is a 3 time Olympian. He splits his time between Tucson, Arizona and Durango, Colorado, 2 of the best places for cycling in the US.  If you’re curious about the book we chat about, it’s called “ How To Become A Pro C...

Tobias Lund Andresen is a 21 year old (born 2002) Danish sprinter on the DSM-Firmenich PostNL world tour team. He’s about to start his second season in the world tour. you can get the book or audiobook “How to Become A Pro Cyclist” only at  howtobecomeaprocyclist.com

Cesare Benedetti is an Italian/Polish world tour professional cyclist on Bora Hansgrohe. He’s been a rider on the team for 15 years, won a stage of the Giro and was part of the team which won the Giro in 2022. He’s one of the best and most experienced support riders in the world tour.

Matt White was the head sports director of the Greenedge men’s world tour team. He’s now the Director of High Performance and Racing, overseeing all 4 teams including the men’s and women’s world tour as well as the development teams. 

if you love sports science, training science, wanna learn a bit about motorpracing or just want some stats I think you'll enjoy this. For me, this was overdoing it but it still kinda worked. Hope it gives you some ideas to do it better and go further than I did you can get the full book only at howtobecomeaprocyclist.com

Nickolas Zukowsky is a Canadian professional cyclist for the pro continental team Q36.5 if you're curious about the book we talked about the only place to get it is at howtobecomeaprocyclist.com Nick is @zuke_0_o on Instagram

I tried Nils Van Der Poels threshold season training method but altered it a bit to make it more into a game. It worked. I did it at an altitude camp and after, I broke almost all my power records but I still don't think it's a good idea for road cycling. you can get the full book only at howtobecomeaprocyclist.com