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02/25/2026 (Wed) 17:44
No.67474
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>Florian Vermeersch: “I hear from a lot of Visma riders that they started training differently.”
>The Belgian rider of UAE Team Emirates XRG explained that Visma is leaning towards sustained Zone 2 work rather than a strictly polarised split (80% easy 20% hard).
>“But it is not just Visma. No team trains in zone 1 during a winter training camp in Calpe. You see all of them pushing on in Zone 2 or even Zone 3. The difference is that we also train focused at home in Zone 2, but I’m not saying that Zone 2 training is a miracle cure. Our biggest advantage is that we have the best riders in the world.”
>“These days, the defining efforts in today’s biggest races increasingly come after hours of sustained pressure, rather than from short, isolated bursts of peak power.”
>The Belgian rider of UAE Team Emirates XRG explained that Visma is leaning towards sustained Zone 2 work rather than a strictly polarised split (80% easy 20% hard).
>“But it is not just Visma. No team trains in zone 1 during a winter training camp in Calpe. You see all of them pushing on in Zone 2 or even Zone 3. The difference is that we also train focused at home in Zone 2, but I’m not saying that Zone 2 training is a miracle cure. Our biggest advantage is that we have the best riders in the world.”
>“These days, the defining efforts in today’s biggest races increasingly come after hours of sustained pressure, rather than from short, isolated bursts of peak power.”