Dazed and Confused said:
So Costa has recovered enough to cash in at the post tour crits?
Apparently.
And from the post-race commentaries it didnt sound like exhibition. If riders show up on the start, they want to win, but of course nobody is targeting those races.
Also, he said he expects to ride even better in the next Tour de France and will ride as a domestique there. Wonder if that means he will do Giro-Tour or Tour-Vuelta double
Overall really interesting interview. He admits of being scared of attacking before Tour, of looking back even when he felt strong, and said that now it has changed and if he feels strong he will just go for it.
Also mentions that he loved long climbs in Tour, the weather, and pretty much everything about this race. Mentions that the team didnt tell him he will ride TdF to make sure he gets some rest otherwise he would never stop trianing after Giro. Of course since thats biggest success of polish cyclist in last 2 decades, media are going overboard saying that he will be first Polish GT winner, and are asking him whether he prefers to win Giro or Vuelta. Rafal just smiled and jokingly said 'both'.
But later he said that he hasnt reached his max yet, will go on more high altitude trianing camps than he used to and with hard training he will do his best to win one for Polish supporters. He was impressed by the amount of Poles that were cheering him on in TdF.
Also, I really am dumbfounded by lack of competency among Polish journalists and so called experts when it comes to cycling.......
The head of Polish Cycling Federation claiming 2 days ago that TdP will belong to Kwiatkowski, even though a blind man could tell he was so exhausted he had no chance to compete successfuly. Of course today he drops out of the race.......