03/08/2026
For two weeks in Trinidad & Tobago, I had the opportunity to be part of the UCI Track & Road Development Camp, alongside , a process that brought together athletes and coaches around one powerful idea: coaching can be a real tool for development.
These days were intense and very meaningful.
We worked on the road, on the track, in the classroom, through strength & conditioning, bike fitting, physical testing, data analysis, race simulations and many conversations about what it really means to build performance.
But beyond the sessions themselves, what I valued the most was seeing the process taking shape.
Athletes started to understand that high performance is not only about training harder. It is also about taking care of the body, the bike, the habits, the recovery, the communication and the way they approach their sport.
Coaches were challenged to observe better, analyse deeper, interpret data and make decisions based on the real context of each athlete.
Because coaching is not just prescribing intervals.
Coaching is understanding the athlete.
Reading the context.
Measuring, interpreting and deciding.
Knowing when to push, when to adjust and when to wait.
Finding the smallest possible stimulus that can create the biggest adaptation.
These two weeks were a strong reminder that performance is not improvised. It is built with knowledge, structure, responsibility and humanity.
I am deeply grateful to every athlete, coach and person who was part of this process, special mention to Rowena Williams and to , UCI, PanamSports, COPACI and the for making this development opportunity possible.
At the end, the real impact of coaching is not only in improving a result.
It is in helping to build better people, stronger processes and more sustainable systems.
I'm really excited and really looking forward to seeing how this projects would be evolving during the next years