Originally Posted by
trashbiker
I'm new to watching pro cycling so please enlighten me. With the tour and olympics so close, does that make both less competetive as top riders are split between the two? Or will it mostly the classics riders that choose to hop over to olympics leaving gc and kom about the same?
The top tour guys will prioritize the TdF and hope that their fitness carries over to the Olympics.
However, a lot of it depends on the nature of the Olympic course. If the course doesn't suit a certain style of cyclist, they, obviously won't target it.