Cycling is one of those sports that requires one to be competant in a number of different areas. You have to have the endurance to comfortably ride 100km, the stregth to sprint at over 55km/hr, the skill to manoevre within a bunch of any number of riders, the mental strength to pedal through the tough times, and the consistancy to keep a tempo up a long hill. All these facets mean different training areas. Here are the most important ones:
1. Distance/Endurance: You need to train for this by doing at least the race distance or more.
2. Speed/Sprints: Interval training is important. Basically go all out for a short birst, recover, repeat.
3. Climbing/Hills: The only way to become a better climber is to climb better by climbing longer and faster.
4. Racing/Group riding: Training in a group or doing practice races is as important as training on your own.
That said, there's no better training than pushing yourself to perform better than you did last time.
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