Newsgroup: it.sport.ciclismo
Titolo: Secrets of the stars: Nicole Cooke

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She might be in the middle of competing in the cycling World Cup, but 
Nicole Cooke likes a glamorous girlie night out as much as the rest of 
us. The 22-year-old from Wick in the Vale of Glamorgan reveals her 
health and beauty secrets to WM..
Eat well
I usually train seven days a week and that can be anything up to 500 
miles training in a week and around 30 hours on the bike. On an average 
day I will have a big bowl of cereal, usually muesli with lots of fruit 
- if you have cereal without added sugar it has a low Glycemic Index so 
the energy is released slowly throughout the day.
For lunch I will have a salad or sandwich or something more substantial 
like pasta. And then in the evening a mix or vegetables and fruit and 
some meat. I also take supplements to keep my immune system boosted. 
When racing I will have protein bars and energy bars and drinks for 
endurance to replace energy.
The products I use, EAS, are not just for top athletes, but you could 
have then instead of a cereal bar or a chocolate bar during the day as 
they contain all the supplements you need.
Everything in moderation
I'm still allowed ice cream and things like that, but it's all in 
moderation. I do like red wine. The seasons I have spent in Italy have 
definitely opened me up to red wine and I quite like a glass now and then.
If you like it, buy it
Most of my time is spent abroad so it's a case of if I've got an 
afternoon free, getting it when I see something good. Spain has 
colourful fashions so it's nice to get bright clothes over there. In the 
off-season, which is usually October to February, I have a bit more 
opportunity to go out with my friends. Everyone wants to get glammed up 
and go out with their friends!
Look after your skin
If there's one product I couldn't live without it's moisturiser. I go 
through that very quickly. I don't just use it on my face, but on my 
arms and hands and legs. If you're riding at 25 miles an hour, that's an 
awful lot of wind on your skin and I notice it if for a couple of days I 
forget to moisturise. I like Body Shop Body Butter. That tends to be the 
one always in demand with me.
Complement training with stretches
I have a daily exercise routine for body balance and to keep everything 
balanced. If you do a lot of cycling you get very strong cycling 
muscles. So I do a lot of stretching. I did aerobics this winter, I 
really enjoyed that, and Pilates. I have a Pilates DVD so if I ever need 
to do it I can have an instructor on my computer screen.
Relax with a book
I go through phases of really liking reading. It's reflective of what's 
going on with a race - if you are spending evenings in hotel rooms when 
you need to relax, it's good to have a good book. I don't know if there 
are any that I would recommend as everybody is very particular about 
books, even for me I have to be in the mood for a book.
Get enough sleep
In terms of bad habits, I don't bite my nails. I stopped that when I was 
in primary school, thankfully, but sleeping is probably my main thing. 
It's quite important to get enough hours of sleep. If you don't get 
enough it rolls over into the next day and I'm sometimes not good at 
going to sleep when I ought to.
And also I can be a bit too enthusiastic with the training. It's easy to 
think more is better but if you push yourself too far it's not good.
-- 
http://modesta.biciticino.ch
Il sito dedicato alla giovane ciclista lituana Modesta Vzesniauskaite

 ha scritto
cazzo...basta
Moralmente ed intellettualmente
la mia figura, ora, si staglia enorme
contro l'orizzonte
Anonimo Chiavennasco 

Guarda che Modesta è gelosa!
:-D
-- 
Massimo Bacilieri AKA Crononauta 
ICQ:4005815

 Guarda che Modesta è gelosa!
Siamo in un newsgroup di ciclismo...si può parlare di ciclismo femminile 
anche in quanto sport...Nicole Cooke è una grande ciclista, la migliore 
attualmente, e non vedo dove sia il problema nel parlarne un 
pochettino...ho ancora 271 articoli in archivio che la 
riguardano...potrei inviarli da un momento all'altro...
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 riguardano...potrei inviarli da un momento all'altro...
Suona tanto come una minaccia!!!?
ciao Rex

 un pochettino...
Dicendo "un pochettino" sei evidentemente in malafede...
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www.ultimokilometro.com
Consigli e insulti mandateli a 
in...@ultimokilometro.com
 

 Dicendo "un pochettino" sei evidentemente in malafede...
I understand what you say, all of you...
and I like Megalon too, but...
Clearly, we disagree on doping issues, but I can't help that. Lucky my
obsession with Luperini is in an Italian newsgroup! Personally, I wouldn't
have the balls to brag about a British rider in such detail in an Italian
newsgroup, I don't even know if I would try to do that here with Luperini. I
probably wouldn't. However the novelity with Modesta has been lots of fun, I
can't deny that, but I suppose the Nicole Cooke thing is a bit, how should I
say? Over the top?
B- :-))
ps-no hard feelings Meg, I think your photos on the women this year have
been fantastic, and for that, I will always be grateful. :-)

 Dicendo "un pochettino" sei evidentemente in malafede...
It's true that men's cycling will always be dominate, as they should be,
they are the strongest. I think we like to support the women as underdogs,
the curious interest to see what they can achieve. However, all things
considered, we shouldn't try to make the women a threat to the men. I think
Alfonsina Morini riding in the Giro was amusing and fun, but I don't think
it was ever considered a threat. As much as we want to be fair and support
the women, it's true, all things should be done decently and in order. I
don't know if it.sport.ciclismo was around in the mid 90's when Luperini was
winning, but in the American forums she was dominating the forum news even
for us Americans. In fact women's threads in racing were the buzz in the
newsgroups, and it was rich, fun place to be, nice people posting good race
reports about the women as well as the men. However, in the late 90's, the
boorish types came along and drove out all the threads about women's
cycling, and what we have today in American forums is a totally one sided
obsession with doping threads. Women's cycling is basically scorned there,
that's why I left, besides the extremely vile boorish types run the group
like packs of wolfs. In these groups, real sober honest cycling discussions
get lost in the midst of all the boorish static. :-)
However, I find being an orphan or willingly to banned to Siberia is a
breathe of fresh air. The Italian and French forums are not only extremely
sober and polite, but I find more fans with common interest. In the French
forums, they even have threads to vote for your favorite women riders in
races, but the French forum is quite small in comparison to the Italian
forum. The Italian forum (it.sport.ciclismo) is by far the biggest in the
world, and also the most serious, polite, their courtesies, and also they
are the biggest fans in the world. Their enthusiasm for cycling from what I
saw at the Luperini 100th Galas, festivals, is well, not only fantastic,
but I wish the rest of the world had the infectious faith for cycling that
the Italians have. It's quite obvious that no one does it better then the
Italians! I tip my hat to the Italians, and their great hero's, Bartali,
Coppi, Luperini. :-))
If it wasn't for Luperini, I might of never became interested in the
European women. I am honored that I had the pleasure to meet her. A truly
great champion of the ages!! :-))!!
B-

 European women. 
That's the same for me regarding Nicole (in order of time) and Modesta.
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