S9 Ep17: Life in the Peloton – On the road with Tom Scully

<div>It was time to hit the cobbles for the first time this year with Opening Weekend up in Belgium. That's Omloop Het Nieuwsblad on Saturday and Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne on Sunday.<br> <br> I was planning to travel from Girona to Belgium with my EF Education-Nippo teammate Tom Scully so I thought it would be a great idea to take all of you on a road trip with us asa we headed to the first classics of the season.<br> <br> As you'll hear, we had a bit of a false start because our COVID-19 tests were a couple of hours out of date for the Belgian regulations so we had to go back home, get another test and do our Omloop Het Nieuwsblad recon ride on Spanish roads instead.<br> <br> The journey gave me a chance to find out more about Tom and particularly his career path, which has taken him the long way round, from New Zealand to the US, to Britain then to the Drapac team which merged with Cannondale and eventually became EF.<br> <br> Listening to him talk was a real reminder of what it takes just to get to World Tour level for some guys and what Tom said about embracing the lifestyle of a pro rider off the bike, being organised, coping with the travel, dealing with your plans being changed at short notice and not letting it eat into your mental and physical energy really resonated with me – especially this weekend!<br> <br> So, hope you all enjoy the pod. I'm off to Strade Bianche this weekend for what will be a very different appointment with the white roads to the one we had last summer. Until next time, take care,<br> Mitch<br> <br> <a href="https://audioboom.com/playlists/4630938-life-in-the-peloton-with-mitch-docker"><strong>Life in the Peloton 2020 playlist</strong></a><br> <br> <strong>Keep in touch with Life in the Peloton</strong><br> <br> Keep up to date with everything that’s going on with Life in the Peloton at my website <a href="https://lifeinthepeloton.com/">lifeinthepeloton.com</a><br> <br> <strong>Life in the Peloton shop<br> </strong>Check out my range of Life in the Peloton merchandise on our Etsy stor