Congratulations to Arvind Bhateja on winning the Tour of
Nilgiris, India’s largest cycling event!
The 7 stages began in Bangalore and ended in Mysore in the southwestern
area of Karnataka. For the first 5 stages Arvind stayed within 1:30 of the
leaders, making up a little time on the climbs.
On stage 6 the competitive section was mostly downhill. Arvind took the
biggest single chunk of time back from the leader: 30 seconds. This was huge since Arvind is a climber, and
built like a climber! The goal for the
day was to hold back and keep reserves in the tank for the last climb on stage
7. On stage 7 Arvind was able to not
only close the gap but put two minutes on the rider ahead of him to win the
final stage and General Classification.
This is an especially incredible accomplishment, as 3 weeks prior to the
2015 race Arvind crashed and broke his pelvis.
What an amazing comeback!
Arvind missed the podium presentations because he was flying
to the States to spend Christmas with his son who is attending NC State in
Raleigh, North Carolina. Since Raleigh
is just a couple of hours from Richmond my wife and I hopped into the car and
spent a wonderful afternoon with Arvind and his delightful family!
Arvind showing off his new Peaks Coaching Group Kit.
Arvind Bhateja is coached by PCG Elite Master Coach James Shaefer
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