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He’s not going to Spain again. A warmer week in Belgium now and he’s planning to recon Liege.
His bike change was planned, like last year. Thinner tubes for the first 100km, thicker tubes for the cobbles.
His bike change was planned, like last year. Thinner tubes for the first 100km, thicker tubes for the cobbles.
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- Aug 14, 2012
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2nd in Ronde on a sunday
Started Basque Country the day after where he finished all the stages in top-10 (monday to friday, one day less back then)
1st in Roubaix on the the next sunday
5th in Fleche next wednesday
12th in Liege the sunday after
Started the Vuelta two days later to finish in the podium
Unreal, something I think we are not yet ready to see this generation
I'm struggling to think of many punctures in the 4 P-R editions he's done.........Now some will say he's been lucky, but good equipment, and great lines/ technical skills help across the cobbles......
- Oct 30, 2023
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Pogi has won 5 out of his last 9 monument attempts. The modern MSR will always skew this statistic.
He doesn't get the recovery time between bergs like he does at RVV. HE is a risk in this race.
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- May 9, 2010
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I think that Van der Poel's biggest strenght is his in-race recovery. He's one of - if not the - best at repeated efforts with very little recovery in between.
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Jordi Meeus regularly trained with him and said he could do 30/30 intervals for 15 minutes while himself and others are done after 7-8 minutes. He’s a beast in training.
- Mar 13, 2009
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his whoop band.
Only 265 euro a year
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total steal
I don't need to pay for a membership to tell me that I'm old, worn out, and sleep poorly!his whoop band.
Only 265 euro a year
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total steal
- Jan 10, 2019
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Wanted to buy it untill I saw the price.his whoop band.
Only 265 euro a year
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total steal
And he was only 84% recovered before his Roubaix win, according to this Whoop band.
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It's a good gimmick for those who have money to splurge.
My Garmin watch has the same features (level of recovery, level of stress, etc.) for a fraction of the cost. Who says it more correctly? Probably neither.
My Garmin watch has the same features (level of recovery, level of stress, etc.) for a fraction of the cost. Who says it more correctly? Probably neither.
Ah, right. My Garmin watch tells me stuff like that. I went on an easy Zone 2 ride yesterday during PR, and I have to wait 13 hours to recover...
I'm fairly certain MvdP doesn't train on his Whoop score. Although he did open up a can of whoop-ass on his rivals, as you might say in the US South.
Do people really follow these advices? I wear the FR955 all the time but it gives me such stupid recommendations, like I've had my easy morning run almost 10 hours ago but even now it recommends 23 hours of recovery time and constantly suggests runs at a joke 5:30 pace or rest days. Of course I never follow them.
The only value of these watches is that you can see your pace while you're running, accurate GPS and you can connect your chest strap to it. Sometimes a map if you're in unfamiliar territory. The rest is just a bad gimmick. I wonder how bad Whoop can be if it offers none of these things.
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If you are an athlete (or anyone, really) you should just ignore the recommendations. These are obviously a joke, but I find lots of stuff on a Garmin pretty valuable. I never run though, only cycling. At least its fun to sit afterwards and analyze stuff a bit.
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Someone told me, but I can’t remember where he heard it, that MVDP stopped consuming dairy since this year because it was shown that this has a positive influence on his recovery.
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- Jan 29, 2021
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- Nov 7, 2009
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Sports success is a combination of genetics, opportunity, and motivation. Van der Poel has all three.
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Hmm…my Garmin says I have the exact same VO2 max. Makes me wonder.Do people really follow these advices? I wear the FR955 all the time but it gives me such stupid recommendations, like I've had my easy morning run almost 10 hours ago but even now it recommends 23 hours of recovery time and constantly suggests runs at a joke 5:30 pace or rest days. Of course I never follow them.
The only value of these watches is that you can see your pace while you're running, accurate GPS and you can connect your chest strap to it. Sometimes a map if you're in unfamiliar territory. The rest is just a bad gimmick. I wonder how bad Whoop can be if it offers none of these things.
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