Bardet training at altitude in Sierra Nevada ahead of Dauphine
23 May 2018 10:30
Romain Bardet, who finished third behind Chris Froome (Team Sky) and second-placed Rigoberto Uran (Education First-Drapac) at last year's Tour de France, is ramping up his training ahead of June's Critérium du Dauphiné, ready for an attack on the top step of the podium in France in July. According to French sports newspaper L'Equipe, Bardet is currently training in the Sierra Nevada mountains in southern Spain, basing himself at altitude at the High Performance Centre in Monachil, near Granada. With him are AG2R La Mondiale teammates Axel Domont and Pierre Latour. They did also have Alexis Vuillermoz with them, too, but he had to return home early due to stomach problems.ADVERTISEMENT Bardet has been training in the Sierra Nevada every year since 2014, when he first went there accompanied by his father. "I like coming here each year," Bardet told L'Equipe. "I don't see it as a chore; I'm genuinely happy to be here." Hill sprints Ask Bardet's teammates if they're as happy to be there, however. The tough climbing sessions have included the trio performing hill sprints at an altitude of between 2,000 and 2,400 metres. The 'oxygen-deficiency sprint reps' aim to get the riders ready for the kind of accelerations they're going to have to react to, or indeed make, this summer. Altitude gain
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