Jspear said:
What a ridiculous thing to say. It's a monument! Of course there's a need to win it again! By that logic there's no need for him to win anything again. He might as well retire.
errrr,
I was making an estimation, that to win sprints again in GTs, he must combine all resources and energy into that goal, and he can get back to his imperious best and absolute dominance in the bunch kicks.
If he starts his season early to be able to ride the 270km in San Remo, he risks taking an edge off his top-end in july.
I made a reasoned analysis. You cant win San Remo by flipping a coin, Cav would have to expend crucial resources and start his season too early, and this is a risk he cannot afford. Because it would still be a crapshoot to win San Remo again, but it is well within his armory to return to winning 10 sprint stages a year at France and Giro.
San Remo, smaller chances, and chances he cannot tip in his favour, but to tip it
more in his favour, he subtracts these resources from July, and
the festival of May.