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"I'm in a long period of mostly bad luck" - Max Schachmann continues to struggle with form, carries low ambitions into Liège-Bastogne-Liège
CyclingThursday, 20 April 2023 at 10:18
Max Schachmann has thrived over the early 2020's but he's recently been struggling with form quite a lot, with no end in sight. In a recent interview he reveals that he will still ride his planned schedule with Liège-Bastogne-Liège albeit with low ambitions.
“I am slowly on my way back, but the form is not very promising yet. I was doing well with my preparation for Paris-Nice, but I fell ill the night before the first stage. Still I started and that was not the best decision, in hindsight. I lost my complete form there," Schachmann admitted in an interview with Wielerflits.
The German won Paris-Nice and the national championships in 2021 among other results but since last season he hasn't been able to reach the same level. His Tour de Suisse performance was promising towards the Tour de France but from there no result emerged, and the German was forced to end his season with little to show for. He reports that he had a good winter of training, but a bout of illness at Paris-Nice derailed his preparation, and he hasn't been able to recover his best legs.
“Now I'm fighting my way back. I will ride Liège, but not in the form I would have liked to start," he informs however without the ambitions he's had in the past (Schachmann finished third at his debut in 2019). "That's frustrating. I'm in a long period of mostly bad luck, because last winter I had a very, very, very promising build-up. Only I have not yet been able to show that in a race.”
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After abandoning Paris-Nice and the cobbled classics where he was aiming for a result, he took some rest and restarted training. This week he's racing the Tour of the Alps in an attempt to regain some race rhythm, but is aware that is coming months are riddled with uncertainty if he doesn't find stable form.
“But this is really different from last year. I was sick in Paris-Nice and didn't recover long enough, but now I'm back on track. Hopefully things will go in the right direction from now on. After Liège I will ride Eschborn-Frankfurt, but after that I don't have a concrete program yet," he concluded.
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