DieselnDust Posted May 27, 2019 Posted May 27, 2019 I’m betting Cape Epic field next year will not be stacked with the best of the best. Those who want to win the Tour don’t race the Giro.When is it ever stacked with the best? Every year there is one team that totally dominates. The ladies race is a complete joke. Twelve competitors of whom only one team is fully prepared.I doubt we'll see cannondale and Scott in the Cape epic next year. Their contracts with the race expired this year.
J Wakefield Posted May 28, 2019 Posted May 28, 2019 When is it ever stacked with the best? Every year there is one team that totally dominates. The ladies race is a complete joke. Twelve competitors of whom only one team is fully prepared.I doubt we'll see cannondale and Scott in the Cape epic next year. Their contracts with the race expired this year.The most important variable on riders doing is Epic is Olympics. If you want a shot at Olympic title you don’t do Epic in sameYear.
DieselnDust Posted May 28, 2019 Posted May 28, 2019 The most important variable on riders doing is Epic is Olympics. If you want a shot at Olympic title you don’t do Epic in sameYear.Wholeheartedly agree. It's medal suicide.
Ascension Posted May 28, 2019 Posted May 28, 2019 XCO World champ should be the person with the best constant performance throughout the season and should wear the rainbow colors. The once-off world champ thing is silly. As for the Epic, do away with the 2 man teams. Make the teams bigger and have an individual category and a teams category.
kosmonooit Posted May 28, 2019 Posted May 28, 2019 Diffs as well with World Champs is that they ride for their national teams and all sorts of people pitch to ride that are not on the regular private team based World Cups
kosmonooit Posted May 28, 2019 Posted May 28, 2019 Normally for Anika The Epic has meant she is in good condition for the earlier part of the World Cup season. Something else is a-miss me thinks, I think it might have something to do with her participation in road events, its a different more cooperative mindset, and then having to battle all these young fearless things on the dirt, which she has always not been that at ease with, especially when it gets technical.
DieselnDust Posted May 28, 2019 Posted May 28, 2019 I think shes just fatigued. Too high and too fast a rise in TSS over the first few months of the year will create a dip and if not careful a dip in immune functions. Can't race through, just need to give your body time to adapt and recover. That's my non coach theory as I saw it happen to me last year. End up with a flu from hell. Don't need to be an elite athlete to experience this.Annika rode Epic and she rode hard chasing Anna for 8 days. Shes never had a partner who has pushed her so hard.How is Anna doing in the races since Epic? I haven't followed her much since
tux26 Posted May 28, 2019 Posted May 28, 2019 How is Anna doing in the races since Epic? I haven't followed her much since2019-05-18 4th Amgen Tour of California Womens Race- Mountains classification2019-05-18 1st Amgen Tour of California Womens Race- Points classification2019-05-18 1st Amgen Tour of California Womens Race 2019-05-04 2nd ASDA Tour de Yorkshire Women's Race - Mountains classification2019-05-04 11th ASDA Tour de Yorkshire Women's Race - Points classification2019-05-04 28th ASDA Tour de Yorkshire Women's Race 2019-04-28 12th Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes 2019-04-24 1st La Flèche Wallonne Féminine 2019-04-21 13th Amstel Gold Race Ladies Edition 2019-04-14 16th Healthy Ageing Tour https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/anna-van-der-breggen/results
DieselnDust Posted May 28, 2019 Posted May 28, 2019 Interesting thanks. Seems she’s not suffering the special drop in performance
SwissVan Posted May 28, 2019 Posted May 28, 2019 Diffs as well with World Champs is that they ride for their national teams and all sorts of people pitch to ride that are not on the regular private team based World CupsFrom my experience (as a spectator) the World Cup series races in Europe are more competitive and harder, purely due to the large pool of depth talent who can enter without having to be a selected national representative. World champs tend to be more diluted due to team size restrictions and more riders taking part who would normally not be your regular World Cup circuit riders.
kosmonooit Posted May 28, 2019 Posted May 28, 2019 Same can be said for the Olympics race right - yet they are races who tiles carry immense prestige, the Rainbow Strips, the Olympic Gold, Siver, Bronze. Even just to be selected to compete in the Olympics in itself is a great achievement
Morne Veer Posted May 28, 2019 Posted May 28, 2019 From the horse's mouth.....a flippen fast horse as well https://www.bikehub.co.za/features/_/news/mtb/international-mtb/alan-hatherly-finding-his-feet-in-the-elite-ranks-r7845
Headshot Posted May 29, 2019 Posted May 29, 2019 https://www.facebook.com/596384191/posts/10155291588449192/
SwissVan Posted May 29, 2019 Posted May 29, 2019 https://www.facebook.com/596384191/posts/10155291588449192/Bet he was flücking after that????
Headshot Posted May 29, 2019 Posted May 29, 2019 Bet he was flücking after that Now he knows to never go full #enduro as they say.
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