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The Belgian was never able to feature prominently on the parcours that appeared best suited to his characteristics. Even his individual time trial in Aarburg was approached conservatively, with nothing at stake in the general classification.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was the first time I\u2019d been on the time trial bike since the Tour, so it hurt anyway,\u201d Nys explained. \u201cThere was also little point in completely emptying myself because it wouldn\u2019t have changed anything.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to Nys, the unusually high temperatures played a significant role in his difficulties. \u201cDefinitely, and I wasn\u2019t the only one,\u201d he said. \u201cI did all my preparation in Belgium, so this was my first time racing in the heat. That\u2019s not easy. I also haven\u2019t done a lot of specific heat training.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Belgian explained that his preparation had already been heavily focused on other priorities. \u201cMy schedule was already pretty full: riding, focusing on the knee, strength training\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
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Thibau Nys at the 2026 Tour de Suisse<\/p>\n
Looking ahead to the Belgian Championships and Vuelta<\/p>\n
Despite the disappointing results, Nys remains optimistic about his condition and believes the race will benefit him in the long term.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have to keep things in perspective,\u201d he said. \u201cI enjoyed myself this week and I\u2019m just trying to become better from it. I\u2019ve gained some race hardness and that will definitely help me. I know I just need to give it time and trust that things will come together.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nys hopes to show improved form at next weekend\u2019s Belgian National Championships before shifting his focus toward the second half of the season. July will be devoted entirely to training, including a 23-day camp in Mallorca as he prepares for a likely debut at the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a and potentially the Cl\u00e1sica San Sebasti\u00e1n.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m going to Mallorca for 23 days to find the mountains and the heat, hoping to come back really strong,\u201d he said. \u201cThat has worked very well for me before, and I\u2019m hoping for the same effect again.\u201d<\/p>\n
The camp will combine endurance and intensity work as Nys looks to take another step forward. \u201cEverything will be included to add another layer,\u201d he concluded. \u201cI still think the shape is pretty good, but I just couldn\u2019t show it this week.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Belgian was never able to feature prominently on the parcours that appeared best suited to his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":653891,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,113697,132338,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-653890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-thibau-nys","tag-tour-de-suisse","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=653890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/653891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=653890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=653890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=653890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}