- I'm asking the pros, how much does their DS tell them
and is it sometimes too much?
- Alex, not that much. - No?
- It's pretty concise.
- Okay, interesting.
- Oh quite a lot, yeah sometimes in the descents
he'll tell us every single corner coming up,
how sharp it is, sometimes we go through quiet moments,
yeah it can be a lot of information.
Sometimes good, sometimes too much,
yeah it's very mixed.
- About today? - Yeah.
- Just survive. (laughs)
- I did think you were going to say that.
- Yeah, I think it's a really difficult stage for me
with all the climbs and it's 5000 meter of altitude
and I'm still a sprinter and for me
it's all about surviving today.
- A lot and it's really useful so I know race radios,
you know it's a bit controversial I suppose
but from our perspective it's, yeah it's really good.
I think it keeps us much safer,
yeah it just tells you loads of useful information
for those sketchy descents or pinch points.
So yeah it's really handy.
- Quite a fair bit, it depends how technical the stage is.
Like if we've, yeah for stages like early in the second,
early last week there wasn't really a lot to say,
it was pancake flat for 200 K or whatever.
But usually I will find out when we get to a climb
how long the climb is, the gradients and stuff like that
and then if the descent's going to be technical or not,
where there's hairpins and stuff like that,
so yeah they can, they can, they're pretty good
with the information now that people use things
like VeloViewer and stuff it's yeah.
- We have Nico and Mateo on the radio
and they're really good, really detailed information.
They always tell us what we need to hear,
they don't overload us with information
which is always good I think,
most of the guys on the team like that.
- No, I don't think so, I think Nico is pretty good,
you know, just the right information.
What's coming up, what climb, left, right.
Like important parts of the race,
no I think in the team they are good.
- In the radio we have all the information,
we have roundabouts, bumps,
fits on, extra fits on for our team,
climbs, gather on the break, I don't know.
- Is it sometimes too much that you have to pull it out?
- Yeah of course, sometimes (laughs)
- That's what I thought.
- Of course, when maybe one guy of the team
stay in the break and the sport director
start to support him,
- Then you take.
- keep pushing sometimes, maybe I'm in the grupetto
so sometimes we need to put out a little bit.
- You're never in the grupetto. (laughs)
- In this year, (laughs) in this year I am not really
in the last grupetto but yeah of course the mountains
and in the grupetto, medium, medium grupetto.
- Yeah, 'cause when I raced I, my director sports team
spoke way too much, I end up pulling out my ear
every now and again.
Does that happen to you or are you very much listen
to every word and you know, take direction quite well?
- Well it really depends, you know,
I think it's always good if they talk too much
and then you can decide to pull it out or not.
- 'Cause I know when I raced, some DSs
were just non-stop in my ear and I had to pull it out
every now and again, is that the same for you or?
- No, not really, I think every DS has their own, yeah,
their own style but no ours tend to keep it fairly concise
and just give us all the essential info.
- Is it ever too much that you have to pull it out?
- It depends where you are in the race sometimes like,
for example being more of a domestique style rider,
usually once I've done my job I'll--
- Unplug?
- Yeah and switch off for the day but some,
'cause and then a lot of the times
they'll actually start talking in Dutch
'cause if it's Tom or Wilko or someone up the road
then they just automatically start talking in
and then I'm well I don't know what you're talking
so that's me done for the day.
- Is sometimes too much, do you take it out,
maybe if you're not in the break
or if you're not really part of the race?
I mean, you are at the moment,
during the climbing stages but.
- No, I think it's too important, we have Pavel and GC
so it's always important we know what's coming.
Someone's radio mightn't work so you might need
to pass on information so this part of the race
with the stages coming up, it's always important
to have it in I think.
- There you have it, some pros love hearing
as much info as possible and others like to pull it out
when they're not part of the race.
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