Who needs to train before a race anyway can just use the 5500m total climbing stage the day before as climbing if only people had thought of that earlier who needs recovery anyway.So Dennis gets into the break to give himself a bit of a workout and then sits up ahead of the two stages that he's saved himself for the entire race. He wasn't going to go deep knowing the job he had to do in the next few days.
Who needs to train before a race anyway can just use the 5500m total climbing stage the day before as climbing if only people had thought of that earlier who needs recovery anyway.
Ya we are the ones know nothing about the sport. We are just cynics and skeptics who cant dream big or believe in miraclesOf course he trains, but then he rides around Italy doing sod all outside time trials for 16 two and a half weeks. He knows that his whole race is two stages. The day before he gets in the break to test his legs, but doesn't overdo it. And then fresh as a daisy, a double World TT champion drops knackered GC riders.
Again your suspicion is down to your limited understanding of the sport
Nice bait in the end.Of course he trains, but then he rides around Italy doing sod all outside time trials for 16 two and a half weeks. He knows that his whole race is two stages. The day before he gets in the break to test his legs, but doesn't overdo it. And then fresh as a daisy, a double World TT champion drops knackered GC riders.
Again your suspicion is down to your limited understanding of the sport
Idiots think it's normal that the same team repeatedly turns TT riders into mountain goats. Brain geniuses know it's about magic pillows or something.Ya we are the ones know nothing about the sport. We are just cynics and skeptics who cant dream big or believe in miracles
They have a budget of €50.7.I pity Ineos. Their star talent is underperforming and now they have to scrape by with what they've got.
Thats so simple now that you lay it all out. How did no other team ever thing of trying that. Wow Dave is just so smartApart from the time trials, he just sat in the bunch for 2 weeks. Got himself in a break to put some effort into the legs and then knocked it off. Knew where his level was at for the Stelvio stage and what power he could sustain, Recovered on the shortened stage again doing nothing. Repeated the same hard effort yesterday on a shorter and less steep climb.
I think like 6 Quick-Step riders tried doing something similar, they did succeed in limiting Almeida's losses so it wasn't a total lossThats so simple now that you lay it all out. How did no other team ever thing of trying that. Wow Dave is just so smart
You would need to ask the other teams.Thats so simple now that you lay it all out. How did no other team ever thing of trying that. Wow Dave is just so smart
Well, this strategy does only work, however, if you know that you are the strongest with your "calculated" efforts when you bring them. I have the impression that Fuglsang, for example, also rode a really controlled and conservative race with paced efforts. He simply was not good enough. So, the real magic happened in bringing Tao (and Dennis) to this ridiculous good level.Apart from the time trials, he just sat in the bunch for 2 weeks. Got himself in a break to put some effort into the legs and then knocked it off. Knew where his level was at for the Stelvio stage and what power he could sustain, Recovered on the shortened stage again doing nothing. Repeated the same hard effort yesterday on a shorter and less steep climb.
I think a two-time World ITT champion knows very well how to manage his efforts. Tao could be leading the GC but he didn't play it well on Etna as he probably was a little too aggressive about covering attacks after Thomas was done and then paid for it later on up the mountain. I thought the forum consensus was that Fuglsang is more suited to one-day/one week races than a 3 week Tour?Well, this strategy does only work, however, if you know that you are the strongest with your "calculated" efforts when you bring them. I have the impression that Fuglsang, for example, also rode a really controlled and conservative race with paced efforts. He simply was not good enough. So, the real magic happened in bringing Tao (and Dennis) to this ridiculous good level.
I would ask the team doctor but he probably forgot and lost all his notes and laptops on the subjectYou would need to ask the other teams.
Have a look at who they are up against.anyone remember Sir Dave admitting after the Tour that other teams had passed them by without them noticing? it's pretty amazing that it only took them 5 weeks to catch back up and blow past them all again and now their 7th best climbing domestique is about to win the Giro.
Kelderman was 4th in La Vuelta in 2017, only lost 3rd on the Angliru on the penultimate day.Have a look at who they are up against.
Look at the top 5 in the Giro GC and tell me which one of those has ever been near a podium.
check out the Vuelta GC from last season. Tao finished half an hour behind Hermann Pernsteiner, who he is now 10 minutes ahead of. we could do this all day.Have a look at who they are up against.
Look at the top 5 in the Giro GC and tell me which one of those has ever been near a podium.