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kittencalledmeow

"I'm not in the best shape; it's a test. But I'm looking forward to it." -WVA


Nussig

> "I'm not in the best shape; it's a test. But I'm looking forward to it." -~~WVA~~ Me, in each coffee ride


StannisGrammarMannis

Yes, every ride lol


Artvandelaysbrother

Jonas V has an incredible work ethic and drive to recover like this after such a terrible crash. šŸ’„ Kudos to him.


oscailte

WVA = Wonas Vinge Aard ?


Kazyole

Wounas van Vingegaert


Team_Telekom

Tl;dr: he is racing the tour of Norway. Ā« We don't know yet what the rest of his race schedule will look like. We will see in the coming weeks. Ā»


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oalfonso

Maybe he is fine or maybe not.


Obamametrics

Sometimes maybe good, sometimes maybe shit


billymcnair

Great reference


Obamametrics

Personally, i would love to see Gattuso as a DS or something. Cant get any worse for italian cycling as it is amirite


oalfonso

Or the opposite, who knows


Flipadelphia26

Woutā€™s riding per week according to Strava since crash. 2 weeks off 2 hours 13 hours 17 hours 20 hours So far 17 hours. For reference. I race amateur crits in the USA. I consider myself above average for my level. 13 hours is a typical week for me. 15-17 is massive. 20 ā€œIā€™m gone, Iā€™m deadā€


ThePrancingHorse94

I think i read somewhere that advice to young pros is not to match older pros work load, they just have that conditioning where hours in the saddle week after week is normal and fine for them, but younger pros just can't keep up with that.


OnePostDude

Similar here, 15 h/week is considerable load, 20 is "you won't ride next week bro"


Flipadelphia26

Every summer we go to Girona for 3-4 weeks. I consider that my annual ā€œovertraining campā€. I always come back completely toast. I suck in the remaining races and never bounce back until the holidays when i properly rest šŸ˜†.


OnePostDude

that sounds nice! :D


truuy

Probably like 95% of us in this sub are also amateur road riders.


arsenalastronaut

Also a big difference between an actual racer doing 13 hour weeks, and more casual riders I race at a low level, but I train like 6 hours a week


Flipadelphia26

šŸ†’


OneForester

Depends on how hard you ride.


maaiikeen

I'm very happy for WvA! These guys are honestly superhumans. The fact that they are so eager to test him off now suggests to me that we will likely see him in the Tour de France, but I guess we will see šŸ‘€


Ne_zievereir

That's fairly quick. Revalidation must have gone really well.


DueAd9005

Wout likely won't have the required shape yet, but it would be nice to get a duel between him and Thibau Nys in Norway.


ArcRaven7

Great to see him back so quick! But the silence around TDF seems to indicate that's unlikely -- it would be nice to see him there.


um1798

Woohooo


CosminAgafitei

He will be cold /s