2014 Pro-cycling season thread

Traditionally cycling has had access to quite a narrow, white, European gene pool. With a widening base of interest in cycling, the chances of people genetically predisposed to being good at it taking it up instead of say, running (or even nothing) are much greater. Exciting, and also a little bit terrifying.

Good point.

MTN Kubeka have tested thousands of street kids looking for the few with the pedal action and vo2 max potential. It's working for them.

Wasn't Alex Dowsett picked out at secondary school, masked up and put on a wattbike? I mean before he even cycled competitively? GB just have been doing this for a while.