Originally Posted by
gregf83
A 3 week tour tears down the body. You don't notice when watching because they're all going downhill fitness wise. The Giro riders won't even be fully recovered in a month for the TDF, that's why it's so difficult to win both the Giro and TDF in one year.
Yeah , it's all fixed, right. Except that the Tour ends around the end of July and the Mt. Washington hill climb is a little over 2 weeks later. Hamilton and Danielson killed it, Hamilton 4 times. It takes a little longer to recover from a 3 week tour than a short work period. Lance, among others, was a heckuva sprinter, especially against a local crowd. Of course it takes longer to recover for a Grand Tour than for a day race, but that wasn't what I was talking about. Not too many of us are prepping for GTs.