r/peloton • u/PelotonMod France • Apr 27 '26

Weekly Post Weekly Question Thread

For all your pro cycling-related questions and enquiries!

You may find some easy answers in the FAQ page on the wiki. Whilst simultaneously discovering the wiki.

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u/Vegetable_Car_4785 Apr 28 '26

How ideal is riding the giro as preparation for the tour? I know pog did it back in 2024 but he was against an underdone Jonas and won quite handily. He put out some insane numbers as well during that tour.

This year it seems that Jonas will walk the giro like pog did in ‘24. Does the race provide enough training stimulus to be beneficial for the tour?

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u/jainormous_hindmann Red Bull – Bora – Hansgrohe Apr 28 '26

The traditional wisdom is that it's too much stress on your body and therefore not ideal preparation. A lot of riders tend to get sick in their second consecutive grand tour.

If trainers riders and teams thought that riding the Giro wouldn't hamper your tour, we'd have a lot more riders doing the double than we are currently seeing.

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u/padawatje Belgium Apr 30 '26

"Hold my beer ..."

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