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I expect this is the reason that Cavendish has said in the past that he normally doesn’t do much sprint training, he spends most of his time climbing to get better at it (or be not as bad at it)
As a non climber, getting through a mountain stage within the time cut sounds bloody difficult.
Is GVA heavier than he used to be when he won Rio?
Acliff
Tim Merlier hitting his top numbers but had to climb off too, though he has never raced 10 days straight.
“It just went too fast. I'm in good shape, I think. Proof of this is that I set a personal record today, among other things. But after an hour and a half the legs started to empty. I could no longer follow the grupetto . I didn't want to give up and still try to make it to the finish, but the bus drove so far away that another mental blow followed. It made no sense anymore.”
“I broke my 20 minute record today, in terms of wattages. I also set my second best hour record and my third best hour and a half record. That obviously indicates that there has been serious racing. The group with guys like Cavendish, Demare, that's where I was initially. But I couldn't hold it."