Serial: Training

Since Tuesday Roman has been practicing in Italy where he is getting ready for the Tour of Trentino that starts on April 17 near his Italian home. Originally, he was planning to test ride three Giro stages but due to miserable weather conditions he was forced to postpone it.

After returning from the high altitude camp on Tenerife Roman went to see a Davis Cup match. The Czech tennis star Tomáš Berdych helped him to get the tickets and on Saturday and Sunday Roman rooted for the Czech tennis squad that played against the Serbians.

Roman is presently dwelling in his favorite destination - Canary Islands. He is tuning up his form at high altitudes for his main goal of the season - Giro d´Italia. Before riding the Italian Grand Tour stage race he is going to test his legs at the Trentino and Tour of Romandy.

A well-earned rest after the Tirreno has come to its end and Roman has begun riding his bike again. He started off another block of training in his build-up towards the Giro. He is off to Tenerife on Friday.

Roman has to put off his start into the upcoming season. He was supposed to ride the stage race Tour of Sardinia but it was canceled due to financial problems. Roman will put another camp in Calpe on his agenda instead and he will kick off his race season with the one-day race Clásica de Almería.