THE SHORT ANSWER
Dan Lorang, head of performance, red bull–bora–hansgrohe, has appeared on the Roadman Cycling Podcast 2 times. Here's where Lorang lands on the triathlon bike leg. The positions below are drawn from those conversations, quoted directly.
WHO IS DAN LORANG?
Dan Lorang is one of the most respected coaches in endurance sport — the long-time coach to triathlon greats Jan Frodeno, Anne Haug, and Lucy Charles-Barclay, and Head of Performance at Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe since 2017. He is the rare coach who has produced Ironman world champions and Grand Tour stage winners using the same underlying principles. His public work on training-load management, polarised intensity, and the long-arc development of an athlete has influenced how the smarter end of the amateur world structures their season.
LORANG ON THE TRIATHLON BIKE LEG
Lorang’s key positions on the triathlon bike leg.
- Polarised intensity distribution applies to both Ironman triathletes and Grand Tour riders — the principles cross disciplines.
- The bike leg of a triathlon is paced for the run that follows, not as a standalone TT — most age-groupers ignore this and fade in the marathon.
IN LORANG’S OWN WORDS
Verbatim from Dan Lorang’s appearances on the podcast.
“you should calculate to have around yeah let me say three to four weeks where you're doing this five times a week probably 1 hour and if you are if you want to do this on a roller um inside um and you want to try this can give it a try but it costs you some like I said it cost you some energy and you should not do it just like okay I'm now doing e training Because the same as with altitude training, you can really overdo it.”
“I never compared performance chart from athlete A to performance chart from athlete B. So for me it's more like oh okay is there some kind of um um relation between what I see there and the performance outcome from the athlete. And if you have this several times during the year um probably then you see okay if I'm there at that point in the performance chart the probability that my athlete will perform and not perform perform is quite high.”
“the stress in relations uh that is something is the biggest one of the biggest stressor you can have. So if you have stress with the family with your girlfriend also on with your wife uh this really has a big impact on on your health on how you feel on on your performance.”
“if we get studies where is the benefit of sports so where do you have the most benefit concerning your health normally we talk I think it's about six seven hours something there and after that already the positiv effects get a little bit less and so if we talk about 30 hours it has nothing to do with health it's it's necessary for high performance to bring your body to that limit”
HEAR IT ON THE PODCAST
Episodes where Dan Lorang covers the triathlon bike leg and related ground.
FREQUENTLY ASKED
What does Dan Lorang say about the triathlon bike leg?
Dan Lorang, head of performance, red bull–bora–hansgrohe, has appeared on the Roadman Cycling Podcast 2 times. Here's where Lorang lands on the triathlon bike leg. The positions below are drawn from those conversations, quoted directly.
What is Lorang's main point on the triathlon bike leg?
Polarised intensity distribution applies to both Ironman triathletes and Grand Tour riders — the principles cross disciplines.
Which Roadman Cycling Podcast episodes cover Dan Lorang on the triathlon bike leg?
Lorang discusses the triathlon bike leg in these episodes: "13 Years Of Coaching Pros: What Amateurs Don't Know", "Roglic's Coach Builds A Training Plan For Amateur Riders | Dan Lorang".
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