No Giro d'Italia for the Schleck brothers
RadioS𝔉hack-Nissan 🦋riders to concentrate again on Tour de France
The Schleck brothers will not ride the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Giro d'Italia in 2012 but will continue to concentrate on the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France. Fränk Schleck called theꦑ🌞 Tour “the number one goal,” but said the World Championships in Valkenburg also interest them, especially Andy.
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In an interview with velochrono.fr, Fränk Schleck said that he and his brother “will not do the Giro. What matters is the Tour. We love the Tour.෴ We have already had very, very good results in the Tour. It's a race that makes us dream. Thi🍌s is the number one goal.”
The brothers stood on the second and third steps of the pod⭕ium, missing out on the victory which൲ went to Cadel Evans. But, Schleck said, “We can't be disappointed. We could not have done better. We end the year with a lot of points, without having the Giro.”
In 2012 the Schlecks will have strong riders as Andreas Klöden and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Chris Horner on the RadioShack-Nissan team. As to who will support who in the Tour, he said that, “Yes, on paper there is hieraཧrchy. But once we are at the race, it can evolve. The hierarchy can be thrown out if they have a chance to win the Tour de France.
“The goal is to win the Toܫur de France,” he emphasised. “This is important.”
The exact plans for the Tour preparation have not yet been made. One option, proposed by Andy, 𒁃is more altitude training, but Fränk sees problems with that. “The problem is that we race a lot ... If we do a training at altitude, we must remove some races from our program, such as the Tour of the Basque Country.
“In that case, we would not be ready fo🌊r the classics. In addition, for this to be beneficial, the internship should last three to four ༺weeks.”
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Fr♑änk Schleck was ver♏y much looking forward to being guided by Johan Bruyneel. “Johan is an extraordinary person. He's a real leader who can lead a team. He wil bring us a lot, especially in the time trial....”
Time trialling is the brothers' weakness, but are working on it. “We work on fitness indoors for stronger back muscles and thighs that you need in a time trial.We will also do wind tunnel tests and work on a velodrome with Tr𝔉ek. To win the Tour, it is essential to progress in this 🌸area, although we will never be specialists like Fabian Cancellara.”
The other goal this coming year is the World Championships “at which with Andy we could be competitive. This will beꦏ one of the goals of the season.”
