The Wretched - Tour de France Training Video

The Details:

• How long: 48:00
• What it’s about: A pure, attacking, climbing, fighting Tour de France stage
• Best for: Those looking for a race simulation

Perhaps one of the most difficult Sufferfests ever made, The Wretched is the tale of a Sufferlandrian who has fallen from Local Hero to Zero. Now, faced with the final stage of the Tour de France, you need to remember how to Suffer and race with more courage than you've ever done before. This is a true road race: flats, attacks, climbs, descents, and sprints. And no rests. It will push you to the absolute limit - but then again, nobody ever said winning a Tour de France stage was easy.

Featuring footage from the 2011 and 2012 Tour de France, you'll be up against the best in the world, including Evans, Contador, Voeckler, Voigt and Sanchez. Keep the bucket nearby.

Workout Details:

Unlike the other Sufferfest videos, this workout does not have a clear structure. But that's how road races are - you have a general idea of what the course is like (see below), but you don't really know how the race will unfold. So, The Wretched will keep you guessing - and anticipating what your rivals are going to do. You'll never know when an attack is coming - and they usually come when you most wish they wouldn't.

• 7:00 warm-up
• 35:00 Tour de France stage featuring flats, three major climbs, three very short descents, a valley and a rolling run in to the finish.
• 4:00 Cool down

SoundTrack:

• No More Misery - High Child
• Box Hill - Redados
• It's Better to Spend Money Tonight Like There's No Tomorrow Thank to Spend Tonight Like There's No Money - The Quiet Company
• Blacking Out - CHIPEADORA
• The Escapist - Halo Stereo
• Silly Girl - Aardvark Music
• I Get Nervous in Cars - Therefore I Am
• Rise or Fall - The Young Werewolves
• Waiting by Your Side - Polaris at Noon
• The Alchemist - Mr. Herzop
• Bruma - School for Heroes
• You Gotta Help Me Out - The Exits

Reviews:

• Togoparts "Part of the fun is not knowing what's going to happen."
• Naked Women's Cycyling Team "The final climb was pure agony."
• Took/Take  "You do not want to go into this one cold. Brutal."
• Loving The Bike  "You begin to beg the riders in the video to give you a few more seconds respite."
• John Stone Fitness "You won't be smiling for long."
• Quadrathlon "Engaging, Intelligent training and the best bang for the buck you can get."
• Amphibops Triathlon "Fits into my schedule perfectly. Another video in the long list of great stuff from David."
• Aerochick is kept guessing by The Wretched.
• Internal Mono(b)log says The Wretched "sets a new bar in Sufferlandria."