Também depende muito do tipo de ciclista que estamos a falar. Se for um especialista de contra-relogio, um treino mais intenso poderá ter muito valor embora também seja importante passar umas boas horas em cima da cabra e o Cancellara é conhecido por boas sessões de 5 ou 6h, coisa que nem todos fazem.
Por acaso deixaram um artigo interessante ai nos comentarios no youtube:
I read this article about Alex Dowsett's training here is part of it
I’ve got a good coach at Movistar and I spent a lot of time doing interval training. It’s unpleasant but it’s got to be done. Interval training on the turbo trainer has become a lot more popular with professional riders as it allows you to really tap into specific training. It used to be all about riding for five or six hours but now it’s a lot more specific.
For me it’s easy, because the time trial is what I do best and the time trial is something you can apply specific training to. If I want to average 400 watts in a 10-mile time trial, say 20 minutes of riding give or take, then my training might be to push 450 watts for five minutes to build my threshold up, and then I will doing an effort at 350 watts for half-an-hour to push my endurance.
I do less hours on the bike than I used to. I rarely do 30 hours on the bike a week now but the intensity has gone up a lot more. I might do two hours on the turbo with intervals, then I might do two hours on the road as that’s the ride to the Blue Egg cafe in Braintree and back. If anyone’s seen my Strava then all my road rides head in the same direction.
Working on your threshold is important for racing because when the shit hits the fan in a race or on a climb, you need to be able to put out a lot of power for a short amount of time, whether it’s 800 watts for 30 seconds or 300 watts for half-an-hour. If you’re just going out and riding for five hours at 200 watts then come race time it’s going to be a shock to the system. It’s all about tailoring your training for the event you riding, whether it’s a WorldTour race or a sportive – it’s all about preparation.
Mas la esta depende do tipo de ciclista. Especialistas em contra-relogio ou punchers obviamente que adaptam melhor com este tipo de treino embora se poda discutir o valor de uma boa base.
No entanto para um ciclista de clássicas de ardenas ou corrida por etapas ninguém me tira da cabeça que uma boa base é fundamental. Se olharmos para quem esta no topo nessas corridas também é fazer de fazer a correlação. Tipos como Quintana, Froome. Podem ter a certeza que no inverno metem semanas de 30h ou mais. Eu sei por facto que pelo menos estes dois metem este tipo de volume, ou ja meteram no passado.