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Haga at the Giro: Survival comes first
- Updated: May 16, 2016
As the Giro d’Italia approached, Chad Haga pulled the training equivalent of an all-nighter. He crammed though March and April, attempting to boost his fitness high enough to tackle a grand tour. He made it, but only just. Now, all that metaphorical 3 a.m. Red Bull is catching up to him.
Haga of Giant – Alpecin rode to an impressive 18th in Sunday’s Chianti time trial, finishing one second ahead of Vincenzo Nibali. But he wanted more. The legs weren’t there, he said. The TT was an opportunity to take a step toward a true arrival as a time trial contender. Fatigue from the previous four stages pushed his power down.
“I think I had the best ride possible with the legs that I had,” he said of Sunday’s hilly ride through Chianti’s vineyards. “Looking at my power on the climbs, my form has fallen off significantly over the last …
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