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Leemreize wants to continue form in Romania after 'fantastic Giro… (Team Jumbo-Visma)

Gijs Leemreize will start riding multi-day races again this weekend in the Sibiu Cycling Tour. To his surprise, the 22-year-old Dutchman was at the start…

"Chris and I aim for a good classification. Hopefully I can show my qualities there." "I only noticed the tiredness when I got home. We had to wait and see how I would perform at the end of the Giro. I expected an increasing lack of energy as the Giro progressed." As I was on the reserve list, I was still allowed to participate in the Giro d'Italia. I immediately had to think about Chris. After some time, the realisation that I was on the eve of my first grand tour started to sink in. "I had no clue how my body would react to such an effort.

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Preparing a hard day in a Grand Tour – Part 1 (Team Jumbo-Visma)

Preparing for a Grand Tour does not happen overnight. Not for riders, but also not for the staff, which includes us: the performance staff and…

What does a day in a Grand Tour look like when it comes to nutrition, and how do the meals of our riders look like? When we know the ins and outs of each stage, the riders and tactics, an initial nutritional strategy can be developed. When everyone is packed and excited to start the Grand-Tour, it is time to GO! Who will be selected exactly, what will the tactic be for each stage, what is our goal? For example, the demands of our riders will be very different in a stage where we want to be in the breakaway, compared when riders try to preserve energy for the next day by staying in the peloton. First all stages of the Grand Tour will be analyzed.

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