German ProTour team finishes week-long training camp

Dortmund, 20 December 2009. While much of Europe has been hit by winter weather the last few days, making training impossible, Germany’s only ProTour team MILRAM has been holding a one-week training camp on Mallorca. Far away from the cold, all 24 riders together with the sporting staff has been working hard under the Mallorcan sun for the last week.

“We called together our complete new squad, to prepare ourselves together for the important work in the coming season,” said team manager Gerry van Gerwen. “The guys together with our sporting staff and the physiotherapists and mechanics have completed a tough program.”
Things started early mornings as everyone got together for a half-hour walk on the beach before undergoing an intensive stabilization training under the direction of the physios. After a full breakfast with MILRAM products, they headed off on their FOCUS bikes. “Our riders trained up to six hours under the Mallorcan sun. Either everyone together or divided up into special groups, to prepare for their different races, such as the season start in Australia or for the Classics.”

The last days also featured various team meetings and individual discussions in the team hotel Grupotel Suites & Spa in Playa de Palma. “We can look with confidence to the new year. The signs are there, starting with the meetings to the technical settings on the bikes up to the daily training – everything has gone perfectly,” Gerry van Gerwen said. All of the MILRAM riders were able to garner important training kilometers, with the exception of Artur Gajek and Robert Förster, who were suffering from colds. “This coming Tuesday all the team members will travel home just in time for the holidays. All of the riders, sporting staff and our personnel have earned a good Christmas celebration with the loved ones.”