Critérium du Dauphiné 2024, June 2 - 9

[Nick2413]

Ah ok, I didn't realise that.

Don’t quote me on it, I know it can be that way for some users like MVDP I remember showed mileage when he wasn’t uploading anything, but might depend on settings.

 

[Sciatic]

From what I’ve read in various team and rider accounts their high intensity training in camp or with coaches would be a full day of “training” even if not 5 hrs on the bike. Probably 2sessions on the road and times in between going over ride data, core exercises, massage, and a nap somewhere in between. But I don’t know about when they are off season training on their own.

 

[Sciatic]

I think the overall time/distance listed by week still accounts for that though.

Looking at some other guys, he’s doing maybe 10% less than Kuss but then you have Bernal in the 35 hour per week range, I’ve never seen quite that high in training though.

Last year someone posted about Kuss that on one of the rest day of one of his 3 GTs he went out for a 5-hr whatever ride with big power numbers. I’m sure some riders like him do well with lots of volume, others less so?

 

[YavorD]

He splits his time between being a bike rider and pizza delivery boy.

But, but, but...he can do deliveries while riding a bike.
Perhaps he's getting the hard miles while doing a real job.

 

[Salvarani]

But, but, but...he can do deliveries while riding a bike.
Perhaps he's getting the hard miles while doing a real job.

Thats a good theory.

But we dont know how the pizza got there or if got delivered on time.

This is pizza-gate.

 

[peterfin]

Thats a good theory.

But we dont know how the pizza got there or if got delivered on time.

This is pizza-gate.

No, it's not only pizza. He is delivering flour and sugar to coffee bars and getting paid in pastries and cakes. It's obvious as the parents of Depluski, aka the carrot of Ninove, have a shop selling all what's needed to bake.

 

[Mayomaniac]

He splits his time between being a bike rider and pizza delivery boy.

Like Sayar?

 

[Mayomaniac]

So no Gall and no Lafay at the Dauphine.
The former rides the TdS and has another short altitude training camp afterwards, but I have no info about the later.

 

[staubsauger]

So no Gall and no Lafay at the Dauphine.
The former rides the TdS and has another short altitude training camp afterwards, but I have no info about the later.

Sounds legit that Gall repeats what worked fine for him in 2023!

 

[Tim Cahill]

So no Gall and no Lafay at the Dauphine.
The former rides the TdS and has another short altitude training camp afterwards, but I have no info about the later.

Someone update the title of the thread with an asterisk.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

I think the overall time/distance listed by week still accounts for that though.

Looking at some other guys, he’s doing maybe 10% less than Kuss but then you have Bernal in the 35 hour per week range, I’ve never seen quite that high in training though.

Bernal has always been notorious for his ridiculously high training volume, particularly when in altitude in Colombia. There were lots of discussions in 2019 on social media about overtraining and him potentially burning out young in his career

There was also an artificle from last year about how Kuss had a different tailored training to the other riders on Visma rentbike, because they noticed he responded much better to old school training with a lot more long and steadier rides in the mountains and less structure.

Bernal and Kuss will both be at the high end of the spectrum when it comes to training volumes amongst the pros, I wouldn't compare other riders to them . Remco and his team know how to get him in absolute peak shape.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Bernal has always been notorious for his ridiculously high training volume, particularly when in altitude in Colombia. There were lots of discussions in 2019 on social media about overtraining and him potentially burning out young in his career

There was also an artificle from last year about how Kuss had a different tailored training to the other riders on Visma rentbike, because they noticed he responded much better to old school training with a lot more long and steadier rides in the mountains and less structure.

Bernal and Kuss will both be at the high end of the spectrum when it comes to training volumes amongst the pros, I wouldn't compare other riders to them . Remco and his team know how to get him in absolute peak shape.

This, responding better to more volume vs more intensity varies a lot from person to person.

 

[CyclistAbi]

So, considering Denk hinted avoiding crashes being No.1 priority, that likely means Bora will (try to) take control of this race. Sounds good to me.

 

[Lequack]

Horner's take

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmM2GVBFdIY

 

[Potomac]

@Berniece can you remove the spoiler feature from the original post?

 

[Berniece]

@Berniece can you remove the spoiler feature from the original post?

For the stages? I do this deliberately so people don't have to load 8 image profiles, and have a faster experience.

But we are already 8 pages in, so maybe now when people go to page 1, it's for the profiles. Right? That's why you ask it?

 

[tobydawq]

For the stages? I do this deliberately so people don't have to load 8 image profiles, and have a faster experience.

But we are already 8 pages in, so maybe now when people go to page 1, it's for the profiles. Right? That's why you ask it?

It's not like it takes a long time to load the pictures unless you have a horrible connection...

 

[Netserk]

What does take a long time? Clicking 8 times to see all stage profiles.

 

[AmRacer]

What does take a long time? Clicking 8 times to see all stage profiles.

Why click when you don't have to?

 

[Berniece]

It's not like it takes a long time to load the pictures unless you have a horrible connection...

And it makes your page jump, but since we’re already at page 8, I’ll remove them.

For future when I create threads I keep the spoilers until we are a few pages ahead.

 

[tobydawq]

And it makes your page jump, but since we’re already at page 8, I’ll remove them.

For future when I create threads I keep the spoilers until we are a few pages ahead.

To perform a service nobody wants?

I don't think I ever saw anybody complain about the profiles being readily present in a race thread OP.

 

[Berniece]

To perform a service nobody wants?

I don't think I ever saw anybody complain about the profiles being readily present in a race thread OP.

Jumping pages due to images loading too slowly is something that bothers me.

 

[AmRacer]

Jumping pages due to images loading too slowly is something that bothers me.

Get yourself better bandwidth. 😁

 

[SHAD0W93]

And it makes your page jump, but since we’re already at page 8, I’ll remove them.

For future when I create threads I keep the spoilers until we are a few pages ahead.

At least it’s not like my Comeback thread in end of 2021 that would crash since there was so many videos and pictures to the point I don’t want to make another the read again. The first page is unreadable for some since it crashes their browser. I thought for sure @Red Rick or one of the other moderates would ban me for trolling, spam, and stupidity that I sent them all a message apologizing.

 

[shadowrider]

Bluff.

It's impossible Evenepoel being good in the Dauphiné.
But if he approaches it sensibly and does not compete during the real mountain stages of the last few days (so as to be dropped), he will emerge stronger from the Dauphiné. If he is far up in the rankings, he could possibly participate in a long breakaway. If he approaches it this way, I think he can start the Tour at 99%. To become stronger during the second half.