Earlier this season, WHOOP partnered with Team BMC to provide the team’s athletes with comprehensive biometric data to enhance their recovery and performance, while also sharing live data during the broadcasting of UCI MTB World Cups. Team BMC’s l’Homme is one of the athletes who actively uses WHOOP to track his fitness and recovery. Ahead of his altitude camp in late July, WHOOP provided the U23 rider with information from earlier case studies, helping him optimize the benefits of the camp.
Most of Team BMC’s riders found the mountains attractive to spend their summers ahead of the World Championships. So did Titouan Carod and Juri Zanotti, who went on a three-week altitude training camp together in southern Switzerland before heading to race in the French Cup in Les Menuires.
Bad luck struck Baumann and Häberlin in their opening laps, resulting in crashes and painful injuries. Zanotti finished in the top 15, while Carod ended his Sunday in 51st place.
World Cups are following each other rapidly in June and the first week of July, with the sixth round of World Series racing in Les Gets this weekend. Team BMC travels to the French Alps with five riders.