Group will help riders meet goal
The real Tour de France may be over, but a small group of Hotter’N Hell Hundred cyclists will be getting their chance to ride like the pros on this year’s 100-mile course.
Steen Rose, cycling and triathlete coach from Dallas, is part of a group of 10 experienced coaches and racers who will be leading a group of 100 cyclists in the Hotter’N Hell Hundred’s first-ever pace group.
In addition to helping the cyclists complete the 100-mile course in less than 5 hours, the pace group leaders will provide the cyclists with the kind of service that professional cyclists receive from fellow team members, called domestiques because their job is to serve the elite members of the team.
“People in the pace group are going to be like Alberto Contador (winner of the 2010 Tour de France) or Andy Schleck (runner-up),” Rose said.
He came up with the concept for the cycling group from the pace groups at running events. In marathons and half marathons, the pace groups are comprised of experienced athletes who run with people who have had less experience. The experienced athletes help those with less experience keep up their pace so they can reach their goals, such as running a marathon in four hours.
By JENARA KOCKS BURGESS Special to the Times Record News
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