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The Hitch said:
Tp be fair the original course was far easier and they deserve credit for thinking up the idea of bringing the race 40k out to box hill for 9 accents which have been a big headache for cav and forces him to sacrifice his whole season.

Exactly, this course is nowhere near tailor made for Cav. Last year Cav would have bee dropped ages ago, he has put in a lot of work to be able to climb on this route. Just look at ZLM
 
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hrotha said:
He didn't warm down or miss enough birthdays.

He is applying the "less race kilometers, more efficiency" approach.

He needs to recuperate to be in good shape for the ITT. Wiggins and Froome will be running on fumes then :)
 
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Richeypen said:
Exactly, this course is nowhere near tailor made for Cav. Last year Cav would have bee dropped ages ago, he has put in a lot of work to be able to climb on this route. Just look at ZLM

I've seen Cav win in harder tour stages. :eek:
 

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4 guys controlling a race of 250 km against 25 of the strongest riders in the peloton? After a long exhausting season and tour that surely make sense. :eek:
 
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Bala Verde said:
He is applying the "less race kilometers, more efficiency" approach.

He needs to recuperate to be in good shape for the ITT. Wiggins and Froome will be running on fumes then :)

W and F will easily win gold and silver in ITT.
 
Libertine Seguros said:
Amandine Thomas-Commin of L'Equipe on Twitter:

"Eisel told Austrian journalists he would race for Sky today. As Uran told me."

He said in the newspapers yesterday, he's only riding for himself, and giving himself an (optimistic to say the least) 10% chance of winning a medal. I suppose maybe he got an offer between yesterday and today that he couldn't refuse.

Anyway, it's both embarassing and kind of funny.
 
Richeypen said:
Exactly, this course is nowhere near tailor made for Cav. Last year Cav would have bee dropped ages ago, he has put in a lot of work to be able to climb on this route. Just look at ZLM
It's as tailor-made as it can get. So Cav had to learn to climb a tiny bit to survive this course? Pfff, he was climbing better in 2009.

Cav has to win this. The sport authorities been hearing all week how great that would be for cycling and the Olympics. Everything's going according to the script.
 
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Fidolix said:
4 guys controlling a race of 250 km against 25 of the strongest riders in the peloton? After a long exhausting season and tour that surely make sense. :eek:

25 of the strongest riders in the peloton....are you looking at the same break as me?
 

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