TailWindHome said:
No
You don't need to extend it to 4000kms
You need it to be able to do a dozen or so 45-60 min efforts over a 3 week period.
Good god
That is some astonishing ignorance.
Ironically ebandit made this same idiotic comment (while hijacked by joachim).
If you ever strayed outside of this subforum, read some actual interviews with domestiques, gt contenders, coaches, damn near anyone in the sport, you might realize how stupid what you just said is.
Every gt rider is pretty clear about having to be on top form for every stage in a gt (including wiggins who said he has to be 90% every day). No one just coasts along 2500km of flat in a gt. It would totally defeat the purpose of the flat being there.
No, gt riders do not just ride dozen 45 minute efforts. They ride the complete thing and every cm they go over contributes to the exhaustion.