J Wakefield

Thanks for the info, this makes a lot of sense seeing the downward trajectory of the site and quality. I agree that this piece should never of been run, for me its anything but quality and a load of total ****. But that's me.

For me this is a terrible article. But Outside level of quality has been on a downward slope as of recent so not to surprising.

What is the training volume per week please? example: Week 1 10hrs 2 15hrs etc Intensity of each ride? How many rides per week How has sleep quality been? Are you trying to lose weight by cutting calories?

In todays times people are identifying as a double door fridge, so respect to Rapunzel and all but you never know.

And what you willing to pay

There would need to be more context in the info. Reading it with the limited info it is the following: Fitness has dropped (presume to less riding and training) hasn't felt good on the bike (would be a normal reaction to loss of fitness Resting Heart rate is 5 beats lower than normal This isn't enough info to say this person is over trained. Possibly could be a variable but he has mentioned nothing on his last 4-6 weeks of training volume. Has he been restricting meals to lose weight? if so, no energy and power is a typically a 1st sign. Typically 5 beats difference up or down is not a red flag when looking at variability. More info and you can start to investigate why.

He is a mechanic at the World Tour team, not the development

The plot thickens

Unless you sitting behind Remco clearly 🤣

A gentleman never tells.....

Have we established yet if the poster actually watched the video vs what he is crying like a brat about in the post?

You wonder if he actually watched the video.

Looked like he dropped like a lead stone when he wanted to. On his wheel he was doing 300-310W breathing like a 80's porno star mid scene. This would be mid Zone 2 for Remco.

Im sure he will get a win at a smaller race but I can't see it at the Tour for example. the level is just too high and the teams are so organised.

I can't see him winning a Tour stage here, Mark has to have a 100% dedicated lead out train and Astana do not have that. Cees coming across yes, but will he do the job as expected, will Mark trust him and its not about 1 man. I was wrong about him coming to Astana but it was based on their team and focus and riders currently there. I may be wrong again and I do like to be proved wrong.

Top level Vets are more than competitive in WP Elite category. Will also more than likely tactically out ride the youngsters also

90% of weight loss / gain and management is what you put in your mouth. Diet plan and Nutritional plan are 2 different things.

Hahaha, fair but there is no contract as of yet from my understanding. I need to hold onto this

Alan is part of Cannondale MTB XC he has no road experience outside of Cape Town. To ride in this development team is good, he will learn the ropes and understand more about what road racing is about. He may succeed and adapt or he may not. He will do from my understanding selected races and still be focused on the XC. Valgren is a great mentor to younger riders, he is a great human and has a wealth of experience.

No not atall

its the hub, where else do you get this info from? Thank you though appreciate it.

If can goes to the Tour it is with a none GC focused team so this removes the 1st 6 top placed WT teams

More chance of López coming back on Thursday

Charlie is big mates with Simon

If they have the online store are they not advertising products and shipping direct from wholesaler or to the shop once paid and ordered for? I can’t see a wholesaler being their warehouse so they must selling online, payment made, getting delivery and then sending to purchaser?