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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

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How is Anna doing in the races since Epic? I haven't followed her much since

2019-05-18    4th    Amgen Tour of California Womens Race- Mountains classification

2019-05-18    1st    Amgen Tour of California Womens Race- Points classification

2019-05-18    1st    Amgen Tour of California Womens Race

 

2019-05-04    2nd    ASDA Tour de Yorkshire Women's Race - Mountains classification

2019-05-04    11th    ASDA Tour de Yorkshire Women's Race - Points classification

2019-05-04    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

 

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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

From 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.

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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

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Kandice Venter has announced she is parting ways with the Specialized MTB team after 4 years -  she was team coordinator / manager, many successful campaigns, wife of TDD Jaco.

 

All can not be well right now with the team with the main star Anika ducking out of the first two XCO events, the vacuum left by Kate leaving, Sam Gaze hmmm, the only thing that seems to be going for the team is Alan.

 

Anyway al the best to Kandice with her next move.

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