{"id":151816,"date":"2017-06-05T11:39:52","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T11:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=151816"},"modified":"2017-06-05T11:39:52","modified_gmt":"2017-06-05T11:39:52","slug":"sagans-high-altitude-training-cool-news-world-cycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/06\/05\/sagans-high-altitude-training-cool-news-world-cycling\/","title":{"rendered":"Sagan\u2019s High Altitude Training and Other Cool News from the World of Cycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Another Monday is here and our news from the world of cycling with it! So, what did you miss?<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Thomas De Gendt\u2019s solo win<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Belgian leads the Crit\u00e9rium du Dauphin\u00e9 after stage one. The Lotto-Soudal pro rode to victory dropping every single one of his rivals in the seven-man breakaway. The main GC favourites Chris Froome (Sky), Richie Porte (BMC) and Alberto Contador (Trek-Segafredo) finished safely together 1-09 behind Thomas.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">First race after a month of training ended well. Happy with my victory <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dauphine?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@dauphine<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CaptainsOfCycling?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CaptainsOfCycling<\/a> @Lotto_Soudal <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/yellow?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#yellow<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TTrSPNMQ9k\">pic.twitter.com\/TTrSPNMQ9k<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Thomas De Gendt (@DeGendtThomas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeGendtThomas\/status\/871456487109001216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 4, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Peto\u2019s TdF training<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>How to win the \u0160koda green jersey? You have to be prepared to jump a lot, apparently.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">High altitude training in the USA <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BORAhansgrohe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BORAhansgrohe<\/a> @BORAGmbH <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hansgrohe_PR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Hansgrohe_PR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iamspecialized?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@iamspecialized<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CraftSportswear?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CraftSportswear<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ride100percent?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ride100percent<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VcX3xXiSki\">pic.twitter.com\/VcX3xXiSki<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Peter Sagan (@petosagan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/petosagan\/status\/870360486365233153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 1, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Cyclist\u2019s vision<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Don\u2019t forget to follow us on Instagram!<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BU1LkNPgL4K\/?taken-by=wlcmagazine<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Esteban Chaves is back<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Crit\u00e9rium du Dauphin\u00e9 is the Colombian\u2019s first race since February. After last year\u2019s podium finishes at the Giro and Vuelta, the Tour de France is supposed to be the peak of this season for Esteban.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/06\/chaves.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-151817\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/06\/chaves.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"965\" height=\"543\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s quite emotional to be back at a race. Also I\u2019ve hardly raced in France \u2013 I\u2019ve never done Paris-Nice, never done the Dauphin\u00e9, never done the Tour \u2013 so it will be a really good experience for me. There are nerves, for sure, but that\u2019s always the case. I believe it\u2019s better to have nerves than not to,\u201d Chaves said to cyclingnews.com.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Larry Warbasse\u2019s recovery<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Nice thinking there.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BU1hedFjuRl\/?taken-by=warbasse<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Giro is over!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/alex_howes\/status\/868833437993533440<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another Monday is here and our news from the world of cycling with it! 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