00:00Part of learning involves listening and cyclists in the UCI camp were all ears to the UCI coach
00:06James Hay on what they need to improve.
00:09So, I've taken some notes and there's a few common mistakes what I'm seeing amongst the
00:16group but I'll give you individual feedback.
00:19Obviously it's our first effort, you're just doing what you know.
00:23I'm a coach with a fresh set of eyes so don't say it personally, it's an observation, it's
00:28not a criticism.
00:2919-year-old Daniel James rides for Arima Wheelers and he has embraced the UCI camp experience.
00:37He has been cycling for four years, wants to compete at the World Championships and Olympics
00:41if possible.
00:42Thus far, he has won a bronze at the Junior Pan American Games and a double bronze at the
00:47Under-23 Pan American Games in Paraguay.
00:51His personal best in the Flying 200 is 10.2 seconds and he's hoping to do a sub-10 following
00:57the camp.
00:58So far, we have learned carrying, we did carrying simulations, that's my favorite sprinting
01:05event.
01:06We have learned about nutrition, what to eat.
01:11So do you think you'll be a better cyclist at the end of this camp?
01:15Yes.
01:16I think I must improve and if not on the bike, off the bike.
01:22The cyclist, Kevin Estrada is also happy that the UCI camp is taking place in TNT as he looks
01:28forward to competing against the Red, White and Black.
01:31I think it will be interesting because obviously you are seeing and we are seeing how they ride.
01:42They are pretty tough, they look pretty tough and yeah, it will be interesting.
01:48I like, I'm a competitive person so as much harder it will get, it's more exciting for me.
01:57The girls are also embracing the knowledge from the camp.
02:01Ariel Greaves, who represents Barbados, is a former triathlete who branched off to cycling.
02:06She started at age 15 and now at 17, she has gone all in.
02:10It's a very good opportunity because I get to learn more about the sport, the techniques and
02:18the more data side, the analytic side of the sport which is, now that I'm seeing, is a very
02:25important factor in cycling.
02:28She says the camp has changed her views on the sport as she understands now that feeling good
02:33about a performance is not the same as knowing the facts about your output.
02:37How do you intend to implement this moving forward?
02:41Use more of the training peaks that the coach has introduced to really see the improvements
02:49technically instead of just feeling because at the end of the day feeling is just a feeling but
02:55the analysis is actually true.
02:57She's hoping to go to the World Cup.
03:00TNT's Alexia Wilson is a track sprinter who also competes for Arima Wheelers and it's not her
03:05first UCI camp.
03:07Coming into this camp, what were your expectations?
03:11Well, it's my fourth UCI camp.
03:13So each camp, I come as a sponge.
03:16It's always a new coach.
03:18Every time I've come, I've gotten personal best, good tactics for the track.
03:23They always stress nutrition, diet.
03:25We learn that sport is a holistic, it's a holistic thing.
03:29So it's not just, oh, coming and training.
03:31It's what you're doing before or you're doing after, your mentors going in.
03:34And through this camp, I was really hoping to specify on my starts and I'm seeing it.
03:41At present, Wilson is aiming for 11.3 seconds in the flying 200 meters at the Pan American
03:46Championships in 2026.
03:48And she's taking the tips to get there from UCI coach James Hay.
03:52Sergio DeFort, TV6port.
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