Sorry I've never been into bike racing. I just like to ride. Over the years I'vs seen training plans in Bicycling magazine. Here is a free one from Harvard, but its more racing oriented.<br><br><a href="http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~huca/drake_training_guide.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~huca/dra...ning_guide.pdf</a><br><br>
Here is a site with some articles that may be of help.<br><br><a href="http://www.sport-fitness-advisor.com/cycling-training.html" target="_blank">http://www.sport-fitness-advisor.com...-training.html</a><br><br>
Keep searching around the web. I'm sure you'll find something. You could do a spin class and will probably learn a lot of introductory stuff there. Then you could join a bike club and pick the brains of the senior members.