Max Poole says that during his week of racing at the Tour of the Alps, he’s learnt a lot of lessons from testing himself against some of cycling's superstars.
After leading the competition for a large part of the five day stage race, DSM’s 20-year-old talent from northern England took home the best young rider competition. A well deserved prize after a tough week of racing in Austria and north east Italy.
One year on from his debut for the DSM senior team, Poole told Cycling Weekly that he had picked up a lot from racing against the likes of Tour of the Alps winner Tao Geoghegan Hart.
“I was a bit unsure of how I’d go this week, so it’s really nice to have been rubbing shoulders with the big boys,” he said. “The team’s done a really good job here… it’s definitely nice to be racing with these guys.”
