Once more I’m late, as season has really started I’ve been overloaded.
Thanks for all your questions I will try to answer to the TOP10 below.

We read on French website www.vo2cycling.fr your interview where you speak about a Pro Team. Will a new team created this year with you as manager ?

The project I spoke about during this interview exists and I try to find a partner to develop a Race Clean Concept Pro Team.
After 3 years of hard work the project has been finalized and we know how to develop the different ideas we want to bring in Pro Cycling.
Nevertheless we have not yet find a partner to help us. I’m still working hard on it and hope we can do something very soon but the financial period is not very good.

Where can we meet you ?

My diary is well booked and I’m between France, UK and sometimes Spain.
Contact me directly to know when I’m in your country.

We were really interested by your interview performed the Swiss National Radio; could you please detail more about your 2 seasons with Brad Wiggins ?

Brad is an impressive rider and I’m really happy for you to see the results he has. It’s not really a surprise as he was mainly focusing on track during the seasons we were in Cofidis.
For the rest please ask Brad about his training.

A French Cycling Magazine tried to ask you about GB Team Process and Training around Bradley Wiggins; you didn’t answer to these questions. Why ?

As you know I’m now double British Cycling Coach (ABCC & BC); I will not detail on newspaper British Track training made by another coach (Simon Jones).

We’ve seen good result of one of your riders Geoffroy Lequatre (14th in Milan San Remo). Could you please detail how you work with him and how are the relations with his team.

We are working with Geo a step ahead than other riders no because he’s ProTour Riders but only because we met in 2005 after his crash.
Geo is a very good rider and I appreciate a lot to work with him as we can share a lot together.
Regarding Radioshack I met them during Paris-Nice and I was really surprised by how they welcome me.
Working with one of their riders is very simple and they are really open. We have regular phone call and emails to be on track.

In Last TOP10 you spoke about a Cycling Conference in UK any news ?

I will attend ABCC Conference scheduled in November in Coventry.
My topic is still under construction and I hope to have a great pronunciation to be understood  by all the British Coaches.

On your Twitter we read that you are now Bike Pure Ambassador is it true?

It is totally true and I’m very proud to be a Bike Pure Ambassador. Bike Pure founders sent me a very kind card telling me that I had to be thanks for all I was doing for doping prevention. If coach will not lead doping prevention who can do that ? Repressive way is useful but for the future of our sport, prevention is the key.
Once more I would like to highlight that a good coaching and a good performance follow up is the first step of doping prevention.

What will you do as Bike Pure Ambassador ?

I will do my best to help Bike Pure movement growing, we have some plans in preparation; I will speak soon about Bike Pure.

Are you working with a Pro team as Coach ? If not, why Pro Teams do not hire great coach like you ?

Your question is very kind cheers. That’s true, I’m not working as full time Pro Teams Coach for the moment.

I was convinced that you were full time coach ? I read it’s not the case How you manage these activities ?

Well lot of management improvement and lot of hours including the week end.

Will you be back in Pro Tour Teams soon (question asked by Pro rider) ?

I don’t know for the moment but as I said previously I will be happy to work with a Team if they want to ensure great coaching and great performance follow up.

First I would like to apologize as I'm really late; my BC activities and the Race Clean Team has mobilized much time than expected. I will try to answer more frequently to your questions.
If you have urgent questions please use the Contact Page on  lionelreynaud.co.uk .

We found many things about you on www.trainwithpower.com, drugfreecycling.com and raceclean.co.uk, could you please tell us on which site you are really working ?

I'm the founder of all these websites. TrainWithPower is dedicated to present wattage training, Race Clean is my UK Training Structure. For Drugfreecycling.com I founded this site with some friend in order to build virtual community but the website is still not finished; it will be developped in 2010.

In France you were interviewed frequently these last weeks. On your Twitter you tweet the situation as funny cause you are more interviewed than when you was cofidis Coach.

Indeed, I found the situation little funny but it was logic to imagine that some French people wants to have some explanations about what I'm doing in UK.

"I'm an ABCC Coach and I really enjoyed your last article on Cycle Coaching Journal, could we read another one soon ?"

It will be the case early next year, I will write an article about Cycling vids analysis.

"You propose through raceclean.co.uk aero optimization; could you please tell us about your experience ? "

  My experience is not only based on the aero I studied in Engineering School and in the University even if it gave me a good basis. I made some wind tunnel testing and I lead many track and road tests.
Now, my method is based on all this experience and the experience I gained with the benchmarking we made with other BC Coaches and athletes.

How many Pro Riders are you coaching for next season ?

In November I was coaching 2 Pro riders : Geoffroy Lequatre (Team Shack) and Romain Lemarchand ( Auber93). 2 other Elite Riders were in contact with Pro Teams but I have no confirmation yet about their contract for next year. It's possible that another Race Clean Rider could be pro rider next season.

Why are you not coaching a Pro Team ? You've got a strong experience to share with the Pros.

The reason is really simple, the projects presented to me the last 2 seasons were according to me not really in accordance with my thought about modern and performance cycling. I prefer for the moment to continue developing Race Clean Training Structure than being involved in Team without any really commitments towards performance.
Of course if a Team will present me a strong project I will be pleased to coach Elite Riders in this team. 

When French Version if your website (lionelreynaud.fr) would  be available ?

I thought a lot the 2 last months about this version and for the moment I will not develop French Version. French readers could find many datas about me on the French version of trainwithpower.com.
I will develop a French Version of my UK Training Structure Race Clean.
It will not be another structure, my structure will remain in UK but some pages would be available in French. 

 

What need a rider to join your Race Clean training structure ?

To join Race Clean the rider need to be first in the same line of race Clean Philosophy : Drug-Free Cycling, Respect, Performance optimization, ... and accept sometimes to change a lot about their training routine iof needed
 

Are you only coaching powermeter owners   ?

I'm not only coaching with wattage as my method is based on a 3 scale intensities (HR, watts and perception), it is fully possible to be coached with 'only' HR and perception.

Are you organizing some conference about Cycling and performance   ?

I'm not organizing these kind of events but I could join some. In the past I make some conference in Hungary and In France (before my move to British Cycling). It is possible that next year I will take part in big cycling conference in UK but it's not officially confirmed yet. I will of course advise you.

Thanks for reading

After 'Velo Magazine' recent article which annouced my 'Departure for UK' qualifying it as 'great loss for French Cycling', I received several emails from Riders (Pro & Amateurs), Pro Team Directeur Sportifs and Cycling Fans.

As it's not possible for me to reply to all these messages, I will use this new page on lionelreynaud.com to clarify some informations and my situation.

Sorry for all of lionelreynaud.com readers waiting a reply from my part but I hope this colum will answer the most of you.

Now British Coach ?

The main question I received what 'is this information true ?'

After some years working on Cycling Performance in France with Pro Cycling Team or Pro Riders it's time for me to have a new Challenge and UK is for me the most exciting.
Through these lines, I want to thank a lot the Association of British Cycling Coaches Members (ABCC) who welcome me at the end of last year and particulary Jim Sampsons and Dr Mark Wilcox.

Why this choice ?

It's the second question in TOP 5.
This choice was a logical choice for me as in 2005 GB Team Members proposed me to be qualified in UK but at this time, it was quite impossible for me to make GB qualification (at the same time I was full time Powertrain Project Engineer in Paris and Performance Engineer for Cofidis); nights were too short ...

After the end of my collaboration with Cofidis Team during more than 2 years where I tried to introduce Power Training Generalization in French Pro Team with use of Dedicated Training Server; it was time for me to have a new Challenge. 

Why UK ? 

It's only a personal choice based on affinity and way of thinking, no more.
I just want people to respect my decision; I'm free.

Are you still training French Pro Riders ?

As I fought a lot when I was active in a Pro Team to have a referent Team Coach, and I'm still convinced it's the good way, it is obvious for me that I will no train Pro Riders members of French team with a referent Coach. 

lionelreynaud.com is now only in English, French Riders have to read you only in English ?

As I've many exchange with English spoken Riders and Coaches; it was the easiest way for me to write the new version of lionelreynaud.com in this language.
A light French version will be available within few weeks : www.lionelreynaud.fr   

What do you think about Velo Magazine wording 'a great loss fo French Cycling' ?

It's the article writer point of view; I have no comment to make about that.

Thanks for reading.