What does this plan do?

This is a two-week plan designed to achieve peak form for your A-priority stage race.

There are three options for Week 2, depending on whether your race spans 2, 3 or 4-days. This is why the plan appears to last 4-weeks, but is only a two-week plan.

The plan follows peaking and tapering best practices derived from scientific literature alongside over 10-years of coaching and racing experience. You can read more about our views on tapering and the scientific evidence here: https://www.highnorth.co.uk/articles/paper-review-training-and-peaking-for-an-olympic-gold

Generally-speaking, you'll want to implement a longer taper for longer events, and a shorter taper for shorter events. Accordingly, this plan uses the full two-week period to shed fatigue and achieve peak-form for your stage race.

Who is this plan for?

This plan is suitable for endurance cyclists targeting any stage events, including road, gravel, and MTB.

The plan is specifically designed for athletes who have been training between 9-12H/week in the recent past. We recommend that you aim to precede this plan with 2-5 consecutive weeks of training in the region of 10-12H/week, in order to see the biggest benefits.

Key Features

We believe our plans stand our from the crowd. We’ve done our very best to provide an experience that’s as close as possible to having on-hand coach support, with ample guidance on how to get the most out of our plans, and clear information on what we’re trying to achieve both session-by-session and week-by-week to keep you motivated.

This plan includes:

• A comprehensive PDF user guide, providing information on how to implement the workouts correctly and how to adapt the plan if necessary


• Structured sessions, meaning all sessions can be automatically exported to your headunit or synced to training platforms like Zwift or TrainerRoad and are ridable in ERG mode


• Each workout’s purpose and key adaptations clearly communicated, including references to scientific papers


• Notes summarising the week's training and the goals for the next training block, so that you always know where your training is heading