'Simon Yates is asking me how I manage to keep up': Bora-Hansgrohe's skier-turned-cyclist on adapting to life in the pro peloton

Anton Palzer was one of the best ski mountaineers in the world, before switching sport and heading directly to the WorldTour in April this year

Anton Palzer at the Tour of the Alps 2021 (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images)

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For all of those bored to death by the mentions that Primož Roglič used to be a ski jumper, fear not!

Bora-Hansgrohe announced last year they would be signing prominent ski mountaineer Anton 'Toni' Palzer for the 2021 season, the German swapping the snow for tarmac in April after his final skiing commitments were done.

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