How To Become A Pro Cyclist with Jack Burke

This Episode is With Jack Burke & Svein Tuft about what it takes to make it as a pro cyclist.

Alexander Kristoff is a Norwegian pro cyclist who has ridden in the world tour for 15 years and has been one of the best sprinters and classics riders for the last decade. He’s won 4 stages of the Tour de France, Milano Sanremo, Tour of Flanders, Gent Wevelgem and many more. 5 previous guests on the podcast have all said Alexander Kristoff is the hardest worker and most focussed rider they’ve ever seen.

Coach John Wakefield discusses optimizing cycling performance through training protocols, managing high performance cycling business, addressing knee pain with custom insoles, and using advanced training tools. The podcast also explores the professionalism of cyclist Alexander Kristoff, cycling strategies like torque efforts and interval training, and the impact of cultural differences in professional cycling teams.

Tim Podlogar is an Exercise Physiologist and Performance Nutritionist for Bora Hansgrohe/Bora RedBull. Tim Is regarded as one of the smartest and most credible nutritionists in professional cycling in 2024.

Joe Dombrowski is an American former world tour rider who raced in the world tour for 11 years on some of the very best teams in the world. He rode 14 grand tours and announced his retirement at the end of January 2024. 

Megan Jastrab is an American Pro Cyclist on DSM, an Olympic Medalist and Multiple time world champion who’s also ridden the Tour de France all by the age of 22.

Ian Boswell is an American former pro who raced 7 seasons in the world tour with team Sky and Katusha Alpecin. He retired after several head injuries, then won Unbound, the unofficial gravel world championships while working a normal job at Wahoo. Ian Also has a podcast called Breakfast with Boz you can find here https://open.spotify.com/show/6Zcrdvkgj9cJt37765UAhN?si=25ddb93bcc4247b9 https://howtobecomeaprocyclist.com/b/dR0Cr

Peter Leo is an Austrian sports scientist and head scientist for the Australian Cycling team. Peter also works with the Jayco Alula mens and womens world tour team. His responsibilities are sports science for the Australian institute of sport leading into the 2024 Paris Olympic games and he’s responsible for road, track and mountain biking.

Steve Neal is a Canadian coach with more than 30 years of experiance working with mountain bike, road cyclists and XC skiers. Where he stands out the most from other coaches is his attention to Respiratory Training and Testing. 

Jani Brajkovič is a former Slovenian world tour cyclist and was one of the best GC riders in the world between 2010 and 2012. He was the U23 TT world champion and won the Dauphine in 2010. He’s now dedicated his life to being an AEQ Method teacher which applies to sports psychology and the mind body connection.  https://howtobecomeaprocyclist.com/b/dR0Cr