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Yeah, I can see Kansas being good for me vs. others but then by the time I get there I might be too fucked to take advantage of it. My head is out of the game at the moment so now's not the best time to be thinking tactics, especially when my game plan for these is "rock up, ride as far as you can, ride a bit further, sleep, repeat".
It's going to depend on conditions too. I struggle in the real cold (altitude) but being over here so long I'm not sure how I'm going to handle the proper heat either - lots of days over 40degC in last editions.
Lael rested more during Kansas in order to be fresher for the hard finish (lots of short sharp climbs last few days). Seems sensible.
hippy
Take into account when you might be able to make the most of your advantage vs your competitors? So try and be freshest for long flat fast sections in your case?
I guess the flipside to that is, maybe you should be well slept for the climby bits so you can lose as little time as possible, when you know you'll be pretty good on the flat fast bits anyway.