– Yesterday it was completely dark for me and today a little brighter, says Andersson had the fourth best stretch time at Wednesday’s chase start over 15 km to SVT Sport.
Andersson had a noticeably difficult time on the track on Tuesday.
– I think she had discarded material and then it doesn’t work on such a course, says expert Anders Blomquist.
The Swedish Valla team has made a principled decision where they work with their own structure on the skis instead of choosing freely among different factory brands.
– It is a system that you believe in and I have questioned it and think that you are taking an unnecessarily large risk. When things go well, it’s a safe way to work, but when things go wrong, a lot goes wrong and it hits the riders very hard at a time like this. The tour is over for everyone except Anger, says Blomquist.
Indicates an exception in the Swedish team
Just Anger goes on factory skis and is an exception in the Swedish national team. But why is that, national team manager Anders Byström does not want to answer.
– It’s like with company secrets, he says to SVT Sport.
Hear Anders Blomquist develop the criticism of the walling strategy that must be sought higher up in the organization in the player above.
Changing strategy now in the middle of the season, Blomquist believes, cannot be done.
– I think it will be very difficult to change when he has driven with this all winter. I was worried about this season with what skis the skiers would get. The Valla team has a little more to prove and I hope they succeed.