You aren’t just riding; you’re protecting a GC lead. In a Grand Tour, the winner isn’t always the person with the highest peak power, but the one who can still produce high-threshold watts after four hours of racing.
This month replicates that relentless, high-volume stress. These sessions simulate the transition from a high-speed peloton to the “soul-crushing” final kilometers of a major mountain stage. To wear the jersey at the end of the month, you must survive the grind.
The 4 Workouts
Complete these four sessions to earn your badge:
ProRide | Giro d’Italia 1: Experience the unpredictable surges and high-intensity attacks of the Corsa Rosa.
ProRide | Tour de Suisse Women 2: Features a notorious 10-12 minute “zombie mode” finish that tests sheer will just below threshold.
ProRide | UAE Tour 1: High-speed desert racing with crosswind surges that demand constant attention to the “wheel in front.”
Complete all 4 cycling workouts in any order on Wahoo SYSTM by July 31 to earn your badge.
TRAINING PLAN
We have created a training plan for you this month with all the workouts on consecutive days for you to re-arranged throughout the month to suit your training schedule and earn your badge.
For More Information about the challenge, visit our FAQ Page. Please note, to earn your badge you must complete the indoor SYSTM version of the workout.
hmmm… disappointing. I was hoping for something epic. Apart from the fact that I’m really not into Pro Rides, I don’t see the point in calling this a Grand Tour Contenderwhen in fact it only includes one Grand Tour workout. So imo you should leave the Giro, and then find three more workouts that suit the topic
No workouts left with TdF footage, they all got remastered…
Perhaps the classic climbs of France OLs would fit better. The men’s tour goes up Alpe d’Huez twice this year, now there’s an idea…
The ventoux pro ride would fit too, whilst it’s not footage from the tour, that climb is synonymous with the tour and believe the women’s race goes up it this year. Maybe one for the August challenge….
I find the Pro-rides are way to tough using ERG mode. I use them only as zone 2 rides in level mode during the winter instead of an Open or inspiration ride. Not this month.
I was thinking the same as I struggle to complete a pro ride. I gave the first one a go and it was just as hard as I thought it would be , I will take @dukhuntr top tip and try dialling down the intensity with the aim of getting to the end alive. Hope you decide to get the badge
Most of the ProRides at 100% should be a struggle to complete. Most of the time the rider you are matching the intensity of is finishing in the sprint of a World Tour Race. Most of them nearly collapse after the sprint. That doesn’t mean we have to do the same thing, especially because I’m paying to ride, not getting paid. I love the focus it creates and the diversion for 1-2 hours. I get so focused, time passes much more quickly.
Riding a ProRide at 60% might get you the same TSS as an On Location at 110%.
I thought that the ProRides matched the power profile of the rider scaled to your 4DP values. So perhaps the problem is not matching the power values, but that the power profile can be very choppy. If you have difficulty switching power and cadence quickly, you can fatigue your muscles much more quickly than with a smoother ride.
Thank you @dukhuntr this is helpful in trying to reduce my avoidance of ProRides and inspires me to stop being such a baby and get on with it , I wont feel so bad when I dial it down now, yes I agree the rides do seem to fly by and I like that too, my favourite part is when the word ‘freewheel’ appears on the screen
That’s what I meant, just didn’t get it out as cleanly…
I just remind myself that Nicole Frain was born the year I graduated from college, has a soigneur, is wearing a National Champions jersey, and would kick my ass every day all day…
All I hope for is that the required vids aren’t ones previously used in a challenge in the last year or two given there’s so many that are unused, and as usual half of them are repeats…
And even if it’s easy, it’s almost 2 hours before you get to that last 20 minutes. I find 2 hours in the trainer to be a really difficult mental challenge. I’m glad that ride isn’t in this challenge!
@pkdaylu If you select the right entertainment - music, podcasts, shows, movies - it isn’t bad at all. For my long rides both inside and outside I just coax myself to get to the next time increment - eg another 1/2 hour or another 10km etc.
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, I wont feel so bad when I dial it down now, yes I agree the rides do seem to fly by and I like that too, my favourite part is when the word ‘freewheel’ appears on the screen 
