Etape du Tour Training Plan

About this plan

The whole plan points at one thing: Etape du Tour. Across 17 weeks and roughly 12 hours a week, it builds you toward a long, hard day on the bike with nothing in there that does not earn its place.

Every target is set as a percentage of your own FTP and threshold power, so it fits you and not some average athlete. The weeks climb and then ease in three-week blocks, and across them your endurance, your climbing and the way you put the power down are trained in balance.

Follow it as written and you will arrive at Etape du Tour genuinely ready, not just hopeful.

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Common questions

Who is this plan for?

The rider or athlete targeting Etape du Tour. It suits a long, hard day on the bike, for someone who can give it a fairly steady 12 hours most weeks.

How much training does it involve?

You are looking at 17 weeks and a big 12 hours a week, arranged in three-week blocks that push and then recover so the fitness actually sticks.

How is the plan delivered?

A single payment drops the whole plan into TrainingPeaks for you, laid out session by session in plain English so nothing is left to guesswork.

Want it built around your life instead of off the shelf? See Plan Only.