Tao Geoghegan Hart is one of the brightest young talents in cycling, and has just recently bagged his first professional victory, winning the first stage of the Tour of the Alps, in Kufstein, Austria. In this exclusive interview, Team Sky’s hot young thing talks to inGamba about joining the World Tour, the pressures of being at cycling’s biggest team, and his favorite thing about being a professional bike racer.
“I did it. Really, I can’t believe it. I didn’t get any help. Raul was there, but didn’t push once. It really is unbelievable. I should definitely now get the cover of the inGamba magazine – from zero to Mont Ventoux!”
Asking a coach to distill the myriad of techniques and terminologies down to Reader’s Digest version of the things every cyclist needs to know to reach their full potential is like asking your science nerd friend to explain the Large Hadron Collider to a 3rd grader. But this didn’t stop us from asking Jason Tullous of Tenac Championship Coaching to do just that. Here is how he thinks you should put your riding on the educated science pathway.
The first time I got dropped, I didn’t even know what that meant. Looking back, it’s possible that I had been dropped on other occasions, possibly many times. But this was the first time where I realized what was happening. I had just moved to Philadelphia, and one Tuesday afternoon I decided to go for a ride after work. I had an old steel Peugeot with downtube shifters, and purple cycling shoes with sparkly straps.
If you’re into road cycling, chances are that you’ve used something designed by Manuel Bottazzo. The Italian is one of the bike industry’s most respected, and prolific, designers, and over the course of a career almost three decades long, he’s worked on everything from grand tour-winning bikes and components to shoes and clothing.
If you’re a fan of inGamba, then you’re more than likely a fan of Scott Foreman. For the last five years, Foreman has been the visual genius behind our inspirational videos.
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A few weeks ago, I was having a conversation with someone I’ve known through the span of my career in cycling and he asked me: “What do you think you’re best at?” Without too much of a pause, I replied: “I love building community and connections through cycling. I hope it’s something that people value, and that others would say I’m good at.” This Friday is International Women’s Day, and I’ve been thinking a bit more about that conversation in terms of the incredible community that I’ve found amongst other female cyclists.
