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That Triathlon Show

John Wakefield of Red Bull BORA hansgrohe - cycling coach and bike fitter | EP#465

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

Health, Swimming, Endurancesports, Run, Cycling, Health & Fitness, Fitness, Ironman, Swim, Bike, Sports, Running, Sportscience, Triathlon

4.9596 Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

John Wakefield is a cycling coach and bike fitter. He is a coach and Director of Development at Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe, and coaches riders at the World Tour level, as well as working directly with and managing the U23 and younger development teams. In this interview, we dive deep into John's thoughts training and coaching, as well as his approach to bike fitting in detail.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to episode 465 of That Trafflon Show, the podcast presented by Scientific Traathlon.com.

0:30.0

My name is Michael Erickson, and today I introduce John Wakefield.

0:33.2

John is a cycling coach and bike fitter.

0:35.7

He's working with World Tour cycling team Red Bull Boda Hanskroe.

0:39.7

And with his expertise in both coaching and bike fitting,

0:42.7

we of course cover both of these topics in depth in this interview.

0:46.2

And I think you'll get some really great insights on both of these topics from this interview with John.

0:51.5

But before we get into it, big thanks to our sponsors, precision fuel

0:54.5

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0:59.3

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1:03.5

choose one that best matches your sweat, sodium concentration. In the interview, you'll hear

1:08.3

us discuss the importance of fueling your work, and precision

1:11.1

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1:16.0

without being overwhelming, so it's quite easy to keep consuming them even in longer workouts

1:21.2

without getting palate fatigue. And the other thing that is maybe a bit more race-specific,

1:25.6

but when you're in a race, if you have gels that are 22 grams of carbs, it becomes a lot more, a lot harder to keep track of how much you've eaten.

1:33.9

And I guess that goes for training as well.

1:35.9

But I just think that the precision-fill hydration products that are always multiples of 30 grams, that makes it super easy to keep track of how much carbohydrates you're consuming and achieve

1:45.0

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1:51.6

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1:57.9

Now without any further ado, let's get into the interview with John Wakefield.

2:05.3

Welcome to that Traffler show, John. How are you doing? You are well in yourself.

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