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Doctor's orders: The Dr Michele Ferrari Journal
Dr Michele Ferrari, coach to cycling greats including Moser, Bugno, Argentin and Rominger, in addition to five-time Tour de France winner and defending champion Lance Armstrong, has never been afraid to push the boundaries of sports science.
In 2004, cycling's most controversial sports doctor will once again provide Cyclingnews readers with his unique insight into the mindset of what makes or breaks a champion.
Latest entry: Stage 21: Determination
2004 entries
Vuelta a Espana
- Stage 21: Determination
- Stage 17: Simply hors categorie!
- Stage 15: Steady ascent
- Stage 14: Impressive
- Stage 11: Absolute endurance
- Stage 10: VAM analysis
- Stage 9: Bravo!
- Stage 8: Preparation is crucial
- Stages 1-5: First skirmishes
Tour de France
- Stage 20: Lance's attitude
- Stage 17: Fabulous Floyd
- Stage 16: Something wicked
- Stage 15: Jan transformed
- Stage 13: A merciless elimination
- Stage 12: Hard to swallow
- A LeMond encounter
- Stage 10: Virenque endures
- Rest day: A chance to recover
- Stage 5: Not what it had seemed
- Stage 4: Perfect
- Stage 3: 3 minutes and 57 seconds was enough
- Stage 1: Definitely a hard day
- Prologue: Lance brilliant, Jan blocked
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July 1: The hardest race
Mid-year
- June 11 - Mediations on Mont Ventoux
Giro d'Italia
- Stage 19: Final showdown
- Stage 18: Great Garzelli
- Stage 16: Perfect tactics
- Stage 13: Power-to-weight ottimo importante
- Stage 11: A chance to be taken
- Stage 10: Like a torpedo
- Stage 9: Fassa power
- Stage 3: Popovych takes the bait
- Prologue: Light and powerful
- May 5 - Objective: Pink Jersey
Spring 2004
- April 25 - Liège-Bastogne-Liège: Rebellin's secret weapon
- April 21 - Flèche Wallonne: Sheer performance
- April 18 - Amstel Gold: Rebellin's rollercoaster ride
- April 12 - Paris-Roubaix: If I had a hammer
- April 7 - Gent-Wevelgem: Redeeming performance from Quick.Step
- April 5 - Ronde van Vlaanderen: Quick.Step negative but Wesemann wonderful
- March 22 - Milan-San Remo: Let's speak the truth
Editor's note: Dr Ferrari often discusses 'VAM'. This stands for Velocita Ascensionale Media [average climbing speed], and is a measure of the rider's rate of ascent. In mountain stages of races such as the Tour, most of the work a rider does goes to overcome gravity, so VAM is a useful indicator of the rider's form on that day.
2003 entries
Vuelta a España
- Stage 20 - Superb time trialling
- Stage 19 - Theory vs. reality
- Stage 16 - Power saving in the mountains
- Stage 15 - TT vs. climbing ability trade off
- Stage 13 - An important step to victory
- Stages 11-12 - The wind takes its toll
- Stages 7-8 - Tangled tactics
- Stage 6 - The mathematics of time trialing
- Stage 5 - Tour vs Vuelta & Petacchi vs Petacchi
- Stage 3 - Another rainy day at the Vuelta
- Stage 1 - Harmony is the key
Tour de France
- Stage 20 - A special Tour
- Stage 19 - The rain changes everything
- Stage 18 - The effects of tri-bars
- Stage 17 - Endurance riders reign
- Stage 16 - A significant athletic exploit
- Stage 15 - Adrenaline powered climbing
- Stage 14 - Less heat = faster race
- Stage 13 - A still dehydrated Lance?
- Stage 12 - Ullrich spins it up
- Stage 9 - Beloki's crash
- Stage 9 - Beloki's crash
- Stage 8 - Heat-affected zone
- Stage 7 - Endurance prodigy
- Stage 5 - At the speed of light
- Stage 4 - How to ride a perfect TTT
- Stage 3 - The crisis of the third day
- Stage 1 - Crashes at the Tour de France
- Prologue - The winning formula
- July 4 - The secrets to Tour success
Profile and Interview
- Dr Michele Ferrari's website - www.53x12.com
- Dr Michele Ferrari part one: Training methods and 20 years of changes
- Dr Michele Ferrari part two: The court case and Lance Armstrong
