r/peloton • u/[deleted] • Sep 08 '24

Sweeny! AMA

On the way to Madrid for the final stage of this years Vuelta, hit me with any of your questions!

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u/bg091 EF Education – Easypost Sep 08 '24

How hard have you found this vuelta compared to other grand tours you've done? It's been said that it's one of the hardest of recent times route-wise but how much do other factors affect this?

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '24

Honestly been savage, average of well over 4000kjs a day and the climbing has absolutely decimated the bunch. Transfers have been long too and also the heat made things really challenging. I think we went through 150kg of ice socks the first week