{"id":80049,"date":"2015-01-19T15:45:37","date_gmt":"2015-01-19T04:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flowmountainbike.com\/?p=80049"},"modified":"2015-01-19T15:45:37","modified_gmt":"2015-01-19T04:45:37","slug":"dan-mcconnell-riding-tour-down-under-with-trek-factory-racing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flowmountainbike.com\/post-all\/new-gear-bikes\/dan-mcconnell-riding-tour-down-under-with-trek-factory-racing\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan McConnell Riding Tour Down Under with Trek Factory Racing"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"color: #666666;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Dan McConnell of Australia will be part of their seven-man lineup for the Tour Down Under in January. McConnell races for the Trek Factory Racing XC program which, same as the UCI ProTour team, is owned and managed by Trek Bicycle.\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"color: #666666;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">McConnell finished the 2014 season on a high note, placing third overall in the XC World Cup, and taking the start in Australia\u2019s only WorldTour event will give him an intense and early boost to the 2015 season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">McConnell: \u201cThis is super exciting for me. I participated in TDU back in 2006 with Team South Australia. It was incredibly hot, but more than anything I remember the crowds in and around Adelaide; they were just phenomenal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u201cMountain bikers spend quite a bit of time on a road bike, especially when we build endurance in the months before the World Cup season starts in May. At this time of the year, I probably ride 70 percent of the time on my Trek Domane,\u201d says McConnell. \u201cOf course, a 90 minutes maximum effort with an average heart rate of over 180 is very different than a 150km stage with a sprint at the end. It\u2019s sort of hard to know where I\u2019ll be. At the national road championships I go pretty well, and that\u2019s on a hilly course.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #666666;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">For Team Manager Luca Guercilena, McConnell\u2019s selection is one of many benefits of factory management between two world-class programs. \u201cTrek owns a handful of cycling teams, and they all compete under the Trek Factory Racing umbrella. These crossover projects are very valuable. Gr\u00e9gory Rast rode a cyclocross race the other day, and Sven Nys swaps cyclocross for mountain bike and road cycling in summer.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">TFR cross-country manager Jon Rourke agrees: \u201cWhen Dan approached me with this idea, I thought it was great. Luca was receptive too, so we didn\u2019t have to push this down anybody\u2019s throat.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">McConnell isn\u2019t the first mountain biker to ride on the road, temporarily or in a more definite way. \u201cThe unique element is that Trek owns both programs, which allows for a much more seamless participation of riders into either disciplines without major hassles or sponsorship conflict worries,\u201d says Rourke. \u201cSome people might say \u2018Oh boy, here\u2019s another mountain biker going on the dark side\u2019, but Dan still loves the dirt, and this race works into his favor for his mountain bike schedule. We support this opportunity and know Dan is fully committed to mountain bike racing &#8211; especially as he prepares for the Olympic Games in Rio2016. It\u2019s nice that these mountain bikers get to drop in and have fun and then go back. At the end of the day, we all love to ride bikes: road or mountain.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u201cThis is a great opportunity for all parties involved,\u201d agrees Team Manager Luca Guercilena, who has a background as a performance coach. \u201cI saw Dan\u2019s power output numbers and I\u2019m curious to see how Dan will fare in a stage race on the road. A mountain bike race is a highly anaerobic event, significantly more so than road racing, but there are similarities. Especially when it comes down to climbing it will be interesting. It\u2019s more an individual effort, a bit like a time trial, and Dan can produce consistent high power for a long period of time, so I\u2019d say the climbing stages will be favorable for him.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Trek Factory Racing\u2019s lineup for the 2015 Tour Down Under:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #666666;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Eugenio Alafaci (Italy)\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\">Marco Coledan (Italy)\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\">Laurent Didier (Luxembourg)\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\">Daniel McConnell (Australia)\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\">Giacomo Nizzolo (Italy)\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\">Hayden Roulston (New Zealand)\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\">Calvin Watson (Australia)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dan McConnell of Australia will be part of their seven-man lineup for the Tour Down Under in January. 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