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I actually think it is crazier, even though he was almost certainly stronger in 2013. The circumstances surrounding todays performance at least make it feel so. In Mont St Michel stage he was fresh, and at the absolute peak form of his season.
Now in the Vuelta its complete opposite. He is at the tail end of his second consequtive GT, having also done two races at the Olympics in between, resulting in no downtime between the two GTs which took away a chance to build up a secondary peak for the latter. Plus his form curve in the last week or so did not exatly show clear improvement. Rather it was on a plateau or on slight decline.
Today was basically a bolt out of the blue, while Mont St Michel performance was predictable to an extent given what he had already shown in that Tour.
burning said:I don't know if this is more insane than Mont Saint Michel, I think that it is not though
I actually think it is crazier, even though he was almost certainly stronger in 2013. The circumstances surrounding todays performance at least make it feel so. In Mont St Michel stage he was fresh, and at the absolute peak form of his season.
Now in the Vuelta its complete opposite. He is at the tail end of his second consequtive GT, having also done two races at the Olympics in between, resulting in no downtime between the two GTs which took away a chance to build up a secondary peak for the latter. Plus his form curve in the last week or so did not exatly show clear improvement. Rather it was on a plateau or on slight decline.
Today was basically a bolt out of the blue, while Mont St Michel performance was predictable to an extent given what he had already shown in that Tour.