I'm no huge RPR fanboy but I've seen the way they train and race for the last few years (coincidentally I was at one of Arlen's first cat 4 races - he was ludicrously strong). The intensity at which they ride is perfectly suited to making large gains very quickly provided you can keep up the workload. Tom Percival's blog is a good insight into just how much work some of those guys are doing.
Interesting how the team has fallen apart though, everyone (the decent racers), with the exception of Tom has left. Which was then followed by in club doping accusations...
Yeah it's interesting, I don't really know what's going on with them atm. It would be a shame if doping was involved, I already think they're kinda cheating by doing so much training and not turning up hungover to races.
I'm no huge RPR fanboy but I've seen the way they train and race for the last few years (coincidentally I was at one of Arlen's first cat 4 races - he was ludicrously strong). The intensity at which they ride is perfectly suited to making large gains very quickly provided you can keep up the workload. Tom Percival's blog is a good insight into just how much work some of those guys are doing.