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Thanks for the summary.
I would have liked to hear from Cort whether he thinks he's in shape (I mean Cort himself). My impression is that he is not in his best form, possibly a result of him losing weight.
Broccolidwarf said:Cort gave an interview to a danish cycling podcast valled Veloropa earlier today.
Amongst the things he said:
- Astana use trainers to scout in front of the peloton on every stage...... but the information they get is largely irrelevant to the riders (he did not say it, but I am guessing those trainers are not former riders).
- Fuglsang is not nearly vocal enough as a leader during a stage, they barely hear him on the radio.
- Fuglsang said at the post stage debrief, that they now need to launch long range attacks, if he is to hit the podium.
- Valverde has lost so much weight, that he has gotten "grandma arms", time for him to retire (joking)
- The will to ride as a team is there amongst the riders (they need direction).
Later in the same podcast (from another source outside Astana, not Cort), the podcast reports that apparently Michaelsen had not been consulted about stage strategy at all....... despite being the cross wind specialist on the team.
Thanks for the summary.
I would have liked to hear from Cort whether he thinks he's in shape (I mean Cort himself). My impression is that he is not in his best form, possibly a result of him losing weight.