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Totally, but I'm not training to become a pro cyclist, I'm training hard to achieve the highest level in a different but still a very competitive profession.
I don't see what's wrong with assuming that the strongest riders are going to complete in the most prestigious and global event of it's format. Thus attracting other high level riders and also inspiring the next generation of riders to complete in the same event and train their way up to be even better.
No aggro but I think it depends on your measure of training hard. I doubt Dani King would call your last weeks training sessions as hard.