LUCA WAS YOUNG WHEN HE STARTED WITH ME, AND WAS ALWAYS GOING TO IMPROVE, BY RIDING HIS BIKE AND MATURING.
I LOOKED TO SEE WHERE HIS MAIN WEAKNESS WAS, AND HE’D NEVER WON A BUNCH SPRINT.
RATHER THAN LOAD HIM WITH HEAVY WEIGHT, WHICH YOU’D BE MORE INCLINED TO DO WITH AN ADULT, I USED MAINLY BANDS TO HELP BUILD THE EXPLOSIVE POWER NEEDED.
HIS MAXIMUM POWER ON THE BIKE HAS ALMOST DOUBLED, MEANING HE NOW HAS ONE OF THE BEST SPRINTS AMONGST HIS PEERS.
THIS HAS TRANSLATED INTO MANY RACE WINS.
“I WAS DOING A LOT OF RACING BUT STRUGGLED AGAINST THE BIGGER GUYS, I’D NEVER EVEN WON A LOCAL RACE. FAST FORWARD 2 YEARS AND I’M REPRESENTING TEAM GB AND WINNING EUROPEAN TITLES.”