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Team Saxo Bank Pro Cycling Day 1: Water sports and fun at the beach. Takashi Miyazawa and Nico Roche dressed for an underwater adventure. (via Team Building Camp November 2012)
The 2013 Saxo Bank squad. Almost all new boys at the front!
Vuelta a Espana 2012 | Stage 14
Post-stage transfer! Chris Froome shared this picture on twitter of himself, Valverde, Roche & Contador sharing a helicopter trip.
I’ve calculated that I’ve only spent 14 nights in my own bed since May 1 this year, which means I’ve been unpacking my suitcase most evenings and packing it again most mornings in between.
On the bright side, we’ve been staying in the same hotel in Logrono for the last two nights, which at least means I could leave my suitcase alone.
The hotel, however, is built on top of a supermarket which means we have to eat in the supermarket cafe. It’s a cheap, €5, all-you-can-eat type of thing where the food, as you can imagine, is geared more towards casual shoppers and truck drivers than professional cyclists. It has been miserable.
When you nearly break a tooth on a piece of pasta, you know there’s something wrong and we’ve resorted to having one of the soigneurs cook our pasta on the team bus instead of eating the supermarket stuff.
Nicolas Roche, blogging from the Vuelta.
Vuelta a Espana 2011 | Stage 9
Cousins Dan Martin and Nicolas Roche tried to forge ahead but Roche didn’t have the legs to keep at it.
(via Team Sky | Pro Cycling | Photo Gallery | Vuelta stage nine gallery)
Tour de France 2011
Tour de France 2011 | Stage 15
Outtakes from Procycling Magazine Cover Shoots of 2010: Nicolas Roche.
During this year’s Tour, Roche kept a diary for the Irish Independent who have asked him also asked him to do the same for the Vuelta.
Preview: Starting under street lights will be chaotic
Stages 1 and 2: I really suffered like never before today
Stage 3: It feels like you’re pedalling inside one big mobile oven
Stage 4: Sweat was dripping off me for most of the stage
Stage 5: The only good thing about these motels is the buffet
Stage 6: Cyclists have a David Blaine-like capacity to make food disappear
So far, he’s not wanted to smash anyone’s head in but it’s an interesting insight.
Gala TdF Luxembourg
(Photo Credit: Marc Joseph)
