Teun Mulder talks training at 2000W+ on the Wattbike

Posted by Matt Moran on Sep 21, 2011

Earlier in the summer (yes, remember that, summer!) we took a day trip to Amsterdam to catch up with 3 times World Champion track cyclist Teun Mulder. We met up with Teun at the velodrome in Apeldoorn, scene of the 2011 World Track Cycling Championships and were greeted by an image of him which stretched the full height of the building!

Teun should have been heading to Japan for his season of Keirin racing but due to the earthquake in the region the entire season was cancelled; Nonetheless we were interested to find out what it was like going to Keirin School as a European rider.

Teun's been using a Wattbike to train on for quite a while now and we wanted to know about the kind of training he does for his sprint events. It was pretty cool to hear about the kinds of numbers he is putting out during training, regularly over 2000W and sometimes over 2200W! Yes, he definitely is at the elite end of the sport!

We'll be following Teun closely as he enters the 2011/12 track season which of course culminates in the 2012 London Olympic Games.