MAP-based training, delivered to TrainingPeaks
A coach builds your training. Every four weeks. From your numbers.
Not an algorithm and not an off-the-shelf plan. A CycleCoach coach builds your four-week block around your MAP, FTP, available time and goal — using the ramp-test methodology Ric Stern developed and that Zwift, TrainerRoad and others now use. It lands straight in TrainingPeaks. Then, four weeks later, the same coach looks at what you actually did and builds the next one from it.
What you actually receive
A real block. Built for one rider.
This is an actual four-week block in TrainingPeaks — sessions, durations, intervals, strength and load, all shaped around one rider's numbers, time and goal. Yours is built the same way, around you.
Not happy with your first block? We'll fix it
Tell us what's off and we'll rebuild it free—or refund your first block. We'd rather get it right than take money for a plan that doesn't fit.
Who builds your block
Real coaches. Not a recommendation engine.
Every block is built and reviewed by one of the CycleCoach coaching team — the same coaches who work with our one-to-one athletes. You'll be told who's building yours.
Founder & Head Coach
Ric Stern
Coaching cyclists since 1997, with 43 consecutive racing seasons and 28 years of his own power data behind him. He has coached athletes to World Championship, Commonwealth and Paralympic gold, and developed the method for estimating ~1-hour power from a MAP ramp test that Zwift, TrainerRoad, Rouvy and MyWhoosh now use.
Endurance Coach · Road · Gran Fondo · Multi-sport
Neil Kent
An endurance specialist with a Masters in Sport & Exercise Science, based in Tuscany. Neil works with long-distance road and multi-sport athletes, and is the coach behind a good number of riders who've gone from “I'd like to finish it” to finishing it well.
Endurance Coach · Triathlon · Cycling · Ultra Racing
Charlotte Farrant
An NCCP Certified Triathlon Canada Competition Coach and Sports Performance Nutrition Specialist, with experience spanning everything from Gran Fondos to the Ironman World Championships.
What riders say
The people building your block have been doing this a while.
MAP: The Build is new. CycleCoach isn't — we've been coaching cyclists since 1997. Here's what riders say about working with our coaches.
“Ric’s knowledge is unprecedented. Never got overtrained or felt undertrained — it is always balanced right. I have never met Ric.”Jenda MobilThree years coached · Silver medal, Masters Nationals
“He took me from a 5:58 finish at Dakota Five-O in 2024 to a 4:45 finish and a podium in 2025. He puts out the plan early so you have time to plan your week.”Todd EybergMasters racer, 52
“The preparation, information gathering and training structure was exactly what I needed — and to think we managed all this remotely.”Bibhash DashTime trial PBs · 100-mile hilly sportive
These riders worked with CycleCoach's one-to-one coaching services, not MAP: The Build. The Build is newer — but it's built by the same coaches, using the same methodology. Read more reviews →
How it works
Simple. Personal. Delivered to TrainingPeaks.
You give us the information. A coach builds the block. Your sessions arrive ready to follow — and four weeks later, we do it again.
Tell us about you
Complete a short intake form with your numbers, goal, weekly availability, regular rides and any key constraints.
A coach builds your block
Ric, Neil or Charlotte creates your four-week block using CycleCoach's MAP-based methodology, and reviews it before it goes anywhere near your calendar.
It lands in TrainingPeaks
Your structured sessions appear in your TrainingPeaks calendar, ready to sync to your compatible training devices and apps.
Then we do it again
Four weeks later, your coach reviews what you actually completed and builds your next block from it. That's where progression comes from — successive blocks, each built off the last.
What's included
A proper block, without full coaching fees.
A new block every 4 weeks
Periodised training built around your MAP, FTP, current fitness and available time — rebuilt every four weeks as you progress.
Personalised to your life
Your sessions are fitted to the days and durations you tell us you can train.
Delivered to TrainingPeaks
Clear workout descriptions and structured sessions placed directly on your calendar.
Strength sessions included
Optional periodised gym or home strength work, based on published sports-science research into strength training for cyclists.
Reviewed by your coach
Ric, Neil or Charlotte checks your block before it's delivered, and reviews your completed sessions before building the next one.
Easy to follow
Every session has a purpose, duration and clear targets—without unnecessary complexity.
Simple pricing
One product. Commit and save, or pay as you go.
- 13 blocks for the price of 11
- First block satisfaction promise
- A full year of structured training
- A new four-week MAP-based block every 4 weeks
- Built and reviewed by a named CycleCoach coach
- Personalised to your time, fitness and goals
- Delivered directly into TrainingPeaks
- Optional strength sessions for cyclists
- Coach review before delivery and before each new block
- Built on the methodology behind Zwift's ramp test
Common questions
Before you start
You can also pay £25 every four weeks instead, getting a new block each time, built from what you actually did in the last one.
Either way, that's deliberate. One four-week block won't transform anyone. Progression comes from successive blocks, each built off the last, which is why a coach reviews your completed sessions before building the next.
On the four-weekly option you can cancel any time before your next block is built. No notice period, no minimum term, no penalty.
A gym makes it easier, but it isn't required—every exercise has a home alternative using dumbbells, kettlebells or bands. Tell us what you've got access to on the intake form and we'll build around it.
Three levels, from never-lifted to trains-regularly. And if you'd rather not do strength at all, say so—we'll leave it out.
Not ready yet?
Free training tips, every week.
Evidence-based training advice from Ric Stern — the kind of thing that actually changes how you ride, not another newsletter full of product launches. One email a week, unsubscribe any time.
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Ready for a coach to build your next four weeks?
Complete the intake after checkout. Your coach will build and deliver your first block into TrainingPeaks — then a new one every four weeks. Step up to full coaching whenever you're ready — your training history comes with you.