Episode Topics: Team Breakdowns: BORA-hansgrohe, Quintana involved in a crash, Campenaerts goes to the extreme, Sunweb announce their team schedule,
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Strava:
Aaron - https://www.strava.com/athletes/777347
Sam - https://www.strava.com/athletes/150453
Strava…..Stats of the week!
Sam: 60 Miles, 1300 ft
Aaron: 200 Miles, 10,100 ft
Ride of the Week:
Sam - Chill Bike Path Ride 75rpm < 140bpm
Aaron - Any ride in Boulder
Pro Cycling News:
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/no-fractures-for-nairo-quintana-after-training-crash/ (Quintana involved in crash)
Hit by a car. Doctor ordered two weeks of rest.
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/campenaerts-takes-altitude-training-to-further-extremes/ (Campenaerts goes to extreme, Pt 2)
What he dubs “intermittent hypoxic training”
Hour a day at 10,000m
Main goals are the WC and the Giro
Sunweb announces team schedules for the first 2 GTs
Tour de France
Søren Kragh Andersen
Nikias Arndt
Tiesj Benoot
Cees Bol
Marc Hirschi
Joris Nieuwenhuis
Jasha Sütterlin
Nicholas Roche
Giro d’Italia
Nico Denz
Chris Hamilton
Jai Hindley
Wilco Kelderman
Michael Matthews
Sam Oomen
Casper Pedersen
Martijn Tusveld
Cycling News:
BORA - hansgrohe
2019 Stats
PCS Rank: 3rd (8117 pts), Same as 2018
47 Victories. 31 WT, 29 Stages, 0 Classics
2018 Comparison - 33 Victories, 22 WT, 18 Stages, 2 Classics (Sagan - Paris-Roubaix-Hayman, Gent-Wevelgem)
Team Identity: Stage Hunters, Classics, Sprints
Key Signings: None
Key Losses: Bennett, Formolo
Key Riders: Sagan, Ackermann, Buchmann
Personal opinions of team
Main Topics:
Bennett Drama?
Overall strength of domestiques / team
Sagan sticks to the Giro and abandons the main classics season
Will Sagan go for Green at TdF?
Where does that leave Ackermann? Slated to start the Vuelta only
Buchmann has big expectations this year after 4th at TdF with almost zero help.
This year the team is built around him. + Sagan and Oss
Young Riders to keep an eye on
None
2020 Victories
Paris-Nice: 1st Overall, 1 Stage (Schachmann)
UAE Tour: 1 Stage (Ackermann)
Better or Worse than 2019
Race Coverage:
Takeaways -
Next Week Preview: Team Breakdown: Team Jumbo Visma
