View fullsize Last Saturday. In tune with my body. Feeling alive. Nope, no plans to spend my life in front of a desk 🙃 📸🙏 @lars.eberhart
View fullsize NEWS 🤓 It’s finally official – I’ve started as a trainer with Team Picnic PostNL 🥳. I’m really excited about this opportunity to contribute my knowledge to the team, learn from the other experts, and work with some incredib
View fullsize I got a few questions about not being on a World Tour team anymore, whether it meant I was “done” with cycling. Not at all! Actually, for those who have only met me recently: during most of my cycling career I was not part of a UCI team a
View fullsize Been a bit silent recently. Good things and not so good things been going on, as is normal in life 🙃 e.g. the good stuff: first outdoor TT ride and post VO2 smile. Now heading to Austria for a week to visit family and have a bit of change of scenery
View fullsize Do you find long endurance rides boring? Here are some ideas to make time pass a bit more quickly: 1. The obvious, find nice company 🙂. Sometimes that's not possible (for me 90% of the time...) so then: 2. Mix things up trainingwise. E.g. some s
View fullsize Me before every hard workout for the past 10 years: "What if I can't do it?" But... what if I can? Focus on the joy, not the pain ✨️
View fullsize Nutrition 🔋 Photos pre/during/post ride. I got asked to share some insights about my nutrition habits in training. The most important thing is to eat enough carbs. A widespread rule of thumb is ~60g/h during moderate intensity training rides. In
View fullsize Gran Canaria part 1 with @olivierzingg 🥰 I don't have a team right now and my goals for the season are still not completely defined (although probably there will be a big focus on time-trialing and races with the national team). Training is there
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View fullsize Compare and despair 📈 This is certainly true when it comes to comparing oneself to others, but it is often also true when comparing oneself to oneself. At this time of the year, I have to constantly remind myself not to compare my numbers to my &q
View fullsize Looking back on a great week in Mallorca with the Austrian national cycling team. It was inspiring to connect with the other riders and coaches -- I felt a bit old amidst all the super young riders, but it was a great opportunity to learn from each o
View fullsize Two beautiful weeks in Austria have come to an end. It’s been years since I spent this much time in my home country (usually, I’m rushing back to training or heading off to the next race). It was incredibly fulfilling to reconnect with f
View fullsize Chrono des Nations 🥉. Nice to finish the season with a podium here in France. I'm quite satisfied with my performance - of course, afterwards, one always finds a lost second here or there, but that's certainly the case for most riders 😉. Congrats
View fullsize Queen of the Lake 🏆 with new course record 🥳 Had an absolute blast last Saturday at perhaps the biggest time trial event in Europe, the "King of the Lake" around lake Attersee in beautiful Salzkammergut. The course is just awesome (thoug
View fullsize NEXT RACE 🔜 KOTL I'm really happy to announce my participation at the King Of The Lake this Saturday! 🤩 This time trial has held a huge reputation in the amateur scene for years, and I'm excited to finally take on the iconic 47km loop around Lake A
View fullsize European Championships 🇪🇺 ITT in Belgium yesterday, 10th place. I know I can do better, but that was the result on the day, and I take full responsibility for it. The wet and technical course got the better of me (again) despite my best efforts to
View fullsize A week of fun rides in the mountains worked wonders to rebuild morale ☺️. I feel really privileged to live in such a beautiful place with epic climbs right at my doorstep. Now motivation is back to build towards the next goals - among others European
View fullsize Beating post-Olympics blues: cat cuddles, cols, time at home... 🚵‍♀️🏡🫶 I'm still struggling a lot with what happened in Paris. After working so long and hard for something, losing it all in a matter of seconds is just heartbreaking. While muc
View fullsize Olympics road race. It was difficult to deal with other people's high expectations leading up to the race, because I knew that the course actually wouldn't suit me with its short climbs where positioning and explosive power would be crucial. (This is
View fullsize Olympic time trial in Paris. Disappointed is an understatement. I crashed hard on the slippery roads, and the deep wounds on my elbow made it impossible for me to finish the race in a way I would call racing. My elbow was stitched together in the m