ask77nl wrote:
I'm a big Lionel fanboy, but I don't quite get this one. How the hell could he have missed hydration with so many races under the belt!
May be there was something else, like he pushed too hard for the level of liquids/nutrition that he was planning to consume.
The opposite. LS said in this video this was his easiest bike. He said he avi'd 290W for the ride which was easier than prior efforts. So as a result, it sounds like he took in less fluids. It also sounds like he just didn't have a set nutrition plan because in the past it hasn't been an issue.
It's ridiculously clear the man needs to humble himself and get a fucking Coach!!! T.O. probably doesn't finish second without Julie Dibens and the team he's assembled around him. Lionel's team is Erin and and occasional correspondence with Jerry Rodriquez. So Lionel's real team is an echo chamber inside his head. And that's not good. If LS handed the reigns over to a coach full time and just worried about executing the work/nutrition/strength/recovery and following the guidance of a braintrust that his not his brain, he wouldn't have gotten injured and he could've been on the podium the last two years. Shame. Maybe it's a trust issue? Maybe a control issue?
Lionel's worst enemy is Lionel.