After a tough Giro d`Italia in early May and a promising Tour de Pologne in late July, Team Ineos` Tao Geoghegan Hart finds himself back in a Grand Tour at the Vuelta a Espaņa for a second year running - but with a fresh approach. Geoghegan Hart had to abandon the Giro d`Italia this May after multiple crashes and injuries. But rather than adopt the same pre-race buildup to the Vuelta that he had last year, this time, he tells Cyclingnews, he`s tried a less complex strategy. Instead of doing the Vuelta a Burgos in the immediate build-up like in 2018 and risk getting over-tired, Geoghegan has spent the last few pre-Vuelta days at home, quietly satisfied with a fifth place overall in the Tour de Pologne the previous week, and, as he tells Cyclingnews, `keeping it simple.` Above all, he made sure he kept the brakes on to keep from going too deep in his racing and training.ADVERTISEMENT `When you`re really motivated to race it doesn`t hurt you to do a lot, to do great efforts. You get really good motivation and adrenaline from seeing how well you`re going, and it`s always easy to do a bit more, push on a bit more and do a few more hours.` the 24-year-old explained. `This year, and it`s not just in the Vuelta, I`ve not been afraid to go into races really fresh. You have to learn that whilst you train super-hard, when it comes to races you have to pick the moment a bit more.` `I`ve had more time to rest up and try and implement some of the lessons I learned last year. So hopefully I`ll be coming into my second-and-a-half Grand Tour feeling a bit stronger.`
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