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Eddy Evenepoel said:
Abrahamsen, Kristoff and Tiller gets to sit out of Denmark atleast, but expect them to be back soon and race pretty intensive the rest of the season.

Kristoff has averaged 81 race days the last two seasons and still “only” got 67 this year, so he’s probably still going to race a lot.
Abrahamsen has 65 (he did almost 80 last year), Tiller only 55 (same as Wærenskjold) and Cort just 58. The three climbers from their Tour team are still between 44-50, so I think many of them had pretty light schedules before the Tour.
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Kristoff and Tiller are on the provisional of Leuven so basically no rest. I get that they want to score as much point as they can given WT in 2026 doesn't seem lile a mission impossible anymore (and honestly Lotto is in a bad flow so they could even still challenget hem for guaranteed WCs this year), but giving riders basically no rest after the Tour doesn't seem like a smart idea to me.

Well you're saying that like 80+ racedays is "normal" nowadays, it really isn't. Sure, it shouldn't be a problem for someone like Kristoff, but I wouldn't say "only" 67 (actually at 69 according to PCS), he has almost the most out of the whole pro peloton. And I'm assuming he will still be doing a lot and even stage race like Renewi. Anyways Kristoff can handle it, but don't think it's the smartest for others. Like Waerenskjold the Tour, then Olympics then sending him to Denmark straight after?

Of course UNO X isn't riding the Vuelta, so maybe some guys get rest later, but then again, they are riding Renewi (I'm assuming), Canada, Hamburg, etc. where they will use those guys probably.
 
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Landeirovic said:
Perhaps who start for Uae. I thought Christen start and they also start with Bjerg. If they win the TTT with a big gap i dont see Cort winning the gc
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Depends on UAE's team yes (I don't expect them to be there with a super team), but UNO X is bringing a very solid team for the TTT. TTT isn't that long either so differencces won't be that big.

It's also that weird kind of TTT where you can drop your whole team and everyone's time count seperately.
 
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Samamba said:
Kristoff and Tiller are on the provisional of Leuven so basically no rest. I get that they want to score as much point as they can given WT in 2026 doesn't seem lile a mission impossible anymore (and honestly Lotto is in a bad flow so they could even still challenget hem for guaranteed WCs this year), but giving riders basically no rest after the Tour doesn't seem like a smart idea to me.

Well you're saying that like 80+ racedays is "normal" nowadays, it really isn't. Sure, it shouldn't be a problem for someone like Kristoff, but I wouldn't say "only" 67 (actually at 69 according to PCS), he has almost the most out of the whole pro peloton. And I'm assuming he will still be doing a lot and even stage race like Renewi. Anyways Kristoff can handle it, but don't think it's the smartest for others. Like Waerenskjold the Tour, then Olympics then sending him to Denmark straight after?

Of course UNO X isn't riding the Vuelta, so maybe some guys get rest later, but then again, they are riding Renewi (I'm assuming), Canada, Hamburg, etc. where they will use those guys probably.
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I thin you are slightly overreacting (Maybe the wrong word, but i mean I think you might overestimating the load). Artic Race started 2 weeks after the Tour. Kristoff, Abrahamsen and Tiller puts all their trainings on Strava. Kristoff had a chill week after the Tour (only 380 km) and Tiller a whole week off the bike. Abrahamsen did three days off the bike and then 500 km in the week after the Tour, before hitting more normal training into Artic Race. These guys are all pretty experienced (same goes for Cort), so I wouldnt be too worried.

The three climbers from the Tour team that are much more fragile have gotten a longer break and and I don’t think doing San Sebastián 3 weeks after the Tour is anything that should be seen as high risk.

Wærenskjold had it intense with the Olympics and then short break for Denmark, but he also raced a bit light before the Tour and he did basically the same last year with Tour + WC and then Denmark.

Only Kristoff and Abrahamsen will be anywhere 80 race days when the season ends, and they were in same numbers last season as well. The younger ones will not reach more than 55-65 I guess (Wærenskjold perhaps closer to 70, he did 73 last year).

I think those big flat Classics/sprinter guys, and especially when they’ve been around for a while like Kristoff, Tiler etc, can deal with bigger number of race days as many “race days” during the year is basically riding with the gruppetto.
 
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