{"id":775483,"date":"2026-07-03T01:42:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T01:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/775483\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T01:42:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T01:42:12","slug":"last-year-at-this-time-i-was-in-pieces-jonas-abrahamsen-relishes-a-smooth-and-injury-free-build-up-as-he-chases-a-second-tour-de-france-stage-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/775483\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cLast year at this time I was in pieces\u201d: Jonas Abrahamsen relishes a smooth and injury-free build-up as he chases a second Tour de France stage victory"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThis year, he has been able to follow his planned programme uninterrupted. \u201cLast year at this time I was in pieces with a broken collarbone, so I\u2019m very happy with where I am now. My fracture healed in a favourable way last year, so I was very lucky. I realise that very well,\u201d Abrahamsen said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Known as one of the peloton’s hardest trainers, Abrahamsen once again relied on altitude camps, endurance rides, threshold sessions, heat training and intensive intervals to prepare for cycling’s biggest race.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been at altitude and prepared well. After an altitude camp it\u2019s always nice to race again, like at Franco-Belge and the Brussels Cycling Classic. That went quite well, so hopefully I can take another step forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Norwegian also revealed that he enjoys changing his training and not just do the same over and over. \u201cI like variety. Sometimes I enjoy a calm, long endurance ride, and sometimes I like to go deep. But when I really have to ride long and hard… those really tough efforts where you come home completely exhausted, they give the best feeling afterwards.\u201d<\/p>\n

Among the more unusual moments of his preparation was a 400-metre running effort completed in 1 minute and 2 seconds during an altitude camp in Sierra Nevada, Spain.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was actually a bit of a joke. A friend of mine was doing a challenge. I tried to join in, but it was really exhausting. I hadn\u2019t run for six months, so it was super hard. On top of that, you burn so many calories from cycling that I had eaten a huge amount during my training beforehand. My legs were shaking,\u201d he said with a laugh.<\/p>\n

\"Jonas<\/p>\n

Jonas Abrahamsen during the 2026 E3 Saxo Classic<\/p>\n

Chasing another Tour stage<\/p>\n

Abrahamsen’s main objective remains another Tour stage victory while helping teammate Tobias Halland Johannessen in the fight for a strong result in the general classification.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, my personal goal is to win a stage and help Tobias achieve a top-five finish in the general classification. Hopefully my form is just as good as last year, or even better, and this time we don\u2019t have any bad luck with crashes.\u201d<\/p>\n

He believes the middle part of the Tour offers the best opportunities for riders with his characteristics. \u201cYes, especially in the middle part there are a few stages that suit riders like me. But the Tour de France is always very difficult; there are so many riders who want to be in the early breakaway. Everyone is in top shape in this race.\u201d<\/p>\n

Abrahamsen acknowledged that his aggressive reputation now makes it more difficult to join successful breakaways. \u201cYes, I do feel that. So I\u2019ll probably have to approach it differently and try to attack when it\u2019s really hard, because then only the strongest riders remain.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also believes the days of easily slipping into a breakaway have disappeared. \u201cNowadays it\u2019s no longer easy to just ride away on the flat and hope they let you go. You really have to use your strength to make the difference, and even then it still takes a huge effort.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This year, he has been able to follow his planned programme uninterrupted. \u201cLast year at this time…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":775484,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,181831,85,2845],"class_list":["post-775483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cycling","tag-jonas-abrahamsen","tag-sports","tag-tour-de-france"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=775483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/775484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=775483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=775483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=775483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}