Official photo taken by Sportograf at the Etape du Tour.
DAVID SALISBURY
Discover how 1-1 Njinga coaching helped David prepare and conquer the Etape du Tour.
Completed the Etape du Tour (170km & 4500m climbing) 4000th out of 20,000 and finished in the top 500 for his age group.
During the Etape du Tour David finished in the top 10% fastest up Alpe d’Huez (1860m with an average gradient of 7.9%).
Over 6 months working with Togo, David's FTP Score improved from 234 to 270 watts (A huge 36w).
Since working with Togo, David continues to improve his power to weight from 3 to 4.37 w/kg.
The start of my journey to conquer the Etape du Tour.
I entered the Etape du Tour to test myself and to participate in the most famous sportive in the calendar.
Self-taught I was training most days of the week but had reached a plateau in performance and determined what I needed was structure, a plan and professional guidance which I found with Togo at Njinga Cycling.
He immediately put in place a training plan quite unlike anything I had done previously. Before I was regularly cycling 100k+ rides on the weekend at full gas, but this approach immediately stopped.
David completing a pedal technique session at the Njinga Lab.
David with Njinga Head Coach Togo.
Official photo taken by Sportograf at the Etape du Tour.
David during the Etape du Tour.
Official photo taken by Sportograf at the Etape du Tour.
David during the Etape du Tour.
Official photo taken by Sportograf at the Etape du Tour.
David sprinting to the end of the Etape du Tour.
David Etape du Tour finishers medal.
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