Beer in the bidons: Roompot riders show us a different side to training camps (video)

Think professional cycling training camps and you'll likely envision riders relentlessly slogging up and down the same hills, high speed chaingangs and a diet so strict that the hotel vending machines are removed.

But Dutch Pro Continental team Roompot Oranje Peloton have released a humorous video with their riders showing a slightly different type of training camp.

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Firstly, let me just say, the video is completely in Dutch and I don't speak Dutch, so I have no idea what any of the people are saying. But it looks like they are interviewing a directeur sportif, who's probably giving a spiel about how his riders are well disciplined in camp.

As soon as the DS's back is turned, though, the riders are off up to all sorts of shenanigans - heading to the swimming pool rather than follow the team car on a ride, filling up bidons with beer from the bar and gobbling down beef burgers rather than the rabbit food on offer from the riders' menu.

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Needless to say, the Roompot boys will likely be taking their training a little more seriously than this in reality, with the new season fast approaching.