So, what’s been happening in the life of Emma Trott? In a nut shell, training races, team presentation, training camp, movie stars, busy enough?
Movie stars, well, I’ve attached the link so it doesn’t really need much explaining! Boels Dolmans CT “Harlem Style”. Quickstep were the first cycling team to do it, Boels Dolmans were the first women’s team to do it. Unique it certainly was. Sun, sea, beach, audience, we had it all. Now, we certainly might not have hit the dizzy heights of views that Quickstep have, but, a fair few people have indeed viewed it. Could have been more if the riders of the women’s peloton re-tweeted, like the men do for each other!
We were very fortunate that Gert-Jan Theunise joined us to help with training, oh and to make sure we didn’t get lost. Lost, well that never happened, just ride lengths were too long. Think we hit the exact riding time twice on the whole camp, good average on a camp with eight training days, right? But, to have Gert-Jan there was a pleasure. I certainly learnt a lot from him and for sure the other girls did also.


Now, whats next.......RACING! Finally! I’m a big lover of training but even I get bored of it sometimes. OK, I have done a couple of training races, but, training races are exactly that, training. They are not proper, yes, you have a number and it gets you back into the swing of things, but it’s not like I’ll be putting on my CV, Training Race 1st! There good to test were your form is, but so was our training camp! My first race of 2013, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, the first classic of the year. Chances are its going to be cold, theres going to be cobbles, a few bergs and one hell of a fight. Am I ready, sure am! Is my team ready, sure is!
One things for sure, Boels-Dolmans CT is ready to rock and roll. The ladies in orange and black are coming, be scared be very......nah!