Behind the Ride: Joe Dombrowski

This week we bring you a Behind the Ride special with Joe Dombrowski from Team Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale. From riding mountain bikes as a kid at 14 years old to racing for the biggest team in the world just seven years later, that’s an astonishingly swift trajectory and one I was keen to find out more about. What’s Joe’s take on the super dynamic 65 kilometres mountain stage in this year’s Tour de France, and where did his idea come from for a one hour uphill time-trial for climbers?

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Naturally we couldn’t spend an afternoon with Joe and not ask him about his beloved steed. What gears does he run, does he rate disc brakes and where is the future of road bike tech going according to Joe? We chat about all of this and a whole lot more.

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So sit back, grab a brew and enjoy!

Mike Cotty has been bringing the mountains to life through his inspiring videos for over 5 years and TORQ have been fuelling him and the Col Collective for the entire journey. The Col Collective Cycling Tours have since sprung to life.

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Stay well, ride safe and thank you for watching.

Peace.

Mike Cotty
The Col Collective

The Col Collective Tours are fully stocked with TORQ Performance products. And this season they will also be debuting our new TORQ SNAQ range. So if you fancy going out to Mike’s boutique-style guest house in France and spending some time riding the Cols, rest assured you’ll be TORQ Fuelled whilst you’re there too.