Rider Chat: Paul Caton Q & A

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The VeloUK Question & Aanswer feature with Paul Caton of the TMG Horizon Cycling Team

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Rider Chat: Paul Caton Q & A

1. When will you start your road season and what will be the first race?
Paul: March and the LVRC Baines race at Towcester

2. What races will be your targets for 2016 and why?
Paul: The South West Sporting TT Series, LVRC and BC RR Champs, World Track Champs, Central or Eastern Cyclo Cross League, Toachmin/PS LVRC RR Series, MK Bowl crits, HH evening 10’s – because I can’t get enough!

3. How will you spend the time on the bike between now and your first race in training?
Paul: Cyclo Cross, Track League at London Velodrome, endurance rides, turbo and road intervals

4. What was your favourite Xmas present?
Paul: The one to myself – a pair of Red & White Sidi Vernice shoes

5. When it rains, which its doing a lot right now, is it turbo time or wrap up and get wet?
Paul: If it’s really raining and cold then the turbo and Zwift otherwise my New TMG Aquaviva jersey and pro vision bib tights keep me dry.

 

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6. If you could do any race in the world including the best ones in the world etc, what would it be and why?
Paul: Tour of Flanders – hard, iconic, long, love it.

7. What piece of food can you not do without where ever you are on the road during the season!
Paul: Porridge and or bananas

8. What is your favourite music track when warming up for a race or on the turbo?
Paul: None – deep thought and play out race scenarios

9. If given the option, would you prefer normal brakes or disc brakes on your road bike?
Paul: Disc brakes are awesome but only if everyone has them

10. What’s the spec of your race bike for 2016 and your favourite bits on it?
Paul: Same as last year and the year before – two bikes in case one is damaged with a mixture of SRAM Red, Shimano Ultegra/Dura Ace, and many wheels. It’s a tool and it has little to do with the result …

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