About this episode

The episode discusses recent cycling events including Del Toro's performance, Van Aert's DNF, and Blikra's injuries.

We build durable cyclists. New performance videos every week on YouTube: 👉 https://go.semiprocycling.com/go/jt89w8 --- The Saturday debrief breaks down Isaac Del Toro's GC defence at the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Wout van Aert's DNF and what it means for Visma's Tour de France plans, and the disturbing story of Erlend Blikra racing half the Giro on four fractures. Plus: Copenhagen Sprint predictions.Daily cycling intelligence from SEMIPRO CYCLING, produced with AI-assisted research, script...

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Host: SEMIPRO CYCLING

Topics covered

• cycling performance
• race analysis
• injury reports
• Tour de France
• Giro d'Italia
• sprint predictions

Keywords

• Del Toro
• Van Aert
• Blikra
• Tour de France
• Giro
• cycling news
• performance analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Visma

Places: Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Copenhagen

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