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The legendary triple
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| Mix99 |
Posted on 28-07-2011 16:13
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Hey guys
I was wondering; have any of you ever succeeded in winning all of the three grand tours in one season with only a single rider? I consider it utterly impossible, due to a lack of energy or maintaining the riders' fitness.. Would be cool if anyone had done this, of course without cheating and on medium or level hard.
Please share your experiences  |
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| roturn |
Posted on 28-07-2011 16:14
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I never tried. But I read about some achieving this with Contador on normal mode. |
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 28-07-2011 16:16
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Trying it right now: Sorry screenshots will be down until the end of the month.
https://pcmdaily.c...d_id=18164
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| Mix99 |
Posted on 28-07-2011 17:09
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Looks cool! It's gonna be very difficult with a rider like Andy who doesn't have the best TT abilities.. Contador would maybe be possible. However, great challenge  |
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| tsj |
Posted on 28-07-2011 17:12
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Mix99 wrote:
Looks cool! It's gonna be very difficult with a rider like Andy who doesn't have the best TT abilities.. Contador would maybe be possible. However, great challenge
That being said all three grand tours this year feature only one ITT. Which should help the guy a little |
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| Enea Viscido |
Posted on 28-07-2011 17:22
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Done it virtually every season on pcm10, and even with riders like gesink, VDB. TDF is by far the toughest.
Rode not a single race before giro, staying in yellow form for first half week, going to lvl 6 next 2 or 3 weeks, having done a hilly training camp just before the giro.
After the giro i go on mountain training camp, starting in tour de suisse and giving up in the second stage. Also rode national TT and road champs => 25 race days at start of TdF and reasonable race fitness. Other training peaked at lvl 7 during second week of TdF.
After TdF i raced a few one day races during the eneco-tour, ending in plouay. This way you start Vuelta at 48 or 49 race days, reasonable race fitness and training should only go to lvl 6 (light green). Most competitors will have far more race days so take it easy in the first part of Vuelta and crush them near the end. (same tactic in Giro) |
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 28-07-2011 17:28
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(Training Camps are considered cheating here, by most of us.) Because the CPU don't participate in them giving your team a unfair advantage.
Edited by Mresuperstar on 28-07-2011 17:29
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| Enea Viscido |
Posted on 28-07-2011 17:39
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Doing it with Gesink or VDB with training camps is even harder then doing with Contador or Schleck without... (statwise) |
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| titleist82 |
Posted on 28-07-2011 17:58
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I achievied it on hard level in my fdj career, hiring contador in the 3rd season (on pcm2010).
Fitness schedule had level 5 during all 3GTs and also the week before the GTs.
Race calendar included: Romandie, Giro, 2 NCs, Tour, Vuelta, WCs.
He also won both WCs achivieng the "triple crown". |
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