8:44pm yesterdayTour de France Stage 5: The Hardest Yet!

Team Saxo Bank’s Chris Anker Sorensen has once again shared his SRM file from the Tour de France with TrainingPeaks. To view the interactive file viewer and download the WKO+ file click here.

Stage five proved to be the fastest yet for Chris as he set all new personal best power records. The crosswinds of southern France yet again played a major factor in the tactics of the day. Team Saxo Bank was prepared as the action heated up in the final 50 miles of the stage. Chris’s duties include protecting his team leader Fabian Cancellara as he is the overall leader of the Tour de France and wears the yellow jersey.

Chris Anker’s File Viewer can be accessed here.

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10:38am July 7th, 2009Bike MS Selects TrainingPeaks as Official Training Software and Joe Friel as Official Coach

TrainingPeaks.com has been selected as the “Official Training Software” of BikeMS®, the National MS Society’s charity fundraising ride series, which offers 100 unique events across the country annually. Bike MS participants can now map their rides, keep a food diary, workout log and track their heart rate, power, speed and much more either manually or by uploading exercise data from one of more than 80 popular training devices.

The National MS Society selected Joe Friel, endurance coach, author of the Cyclist’s Training Bible and owner of the coaching company TrainingBible Coaching to be “Official Coach” of Bike MS. Friel developed a range of training plans for cyclists that are available on the TrainingPeaks software to provide Bike MS participants with the motivation and skills necessary to arrive well-prepared for their Bike MS experience, allowing them to finish their event eager to return for the following year.

“The support available through TrainingPeaks will ensure that all Bike MS participants have access to the training and tools they need to meet their own personal challenge and enjoy the ride - regardless of their level of experience,” said Graham McReynolds, Executive Vice President of Marketing and Development at the Society. “Bike MS riders bring millions of dollars to the MS cause, so we want to honor their extraordinary efforts by providing the very best tools available to support their training and ride experience.”

Read more in the full press release.