> "During our December camp, there's never really a clear plan," says Politt, who swapped the then BORA-hansgrohe for UAE Emirates in the winter of 2023-2024. "Some teams do team time trial training, some do lead-outs. With us, it's just full throttle."

> And by "full throttle," the German really means full throttle. "I remember a training ride from last year where I looked at the data afterward. The numbers were exactly the same as in the Tour of Flanders, where I finished third (in 2024, ed.). And this was during a training session."

Why don't other teams just train harder?