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Come off it, what do you think this talent offers that good training can't provide? I ride with a bunch of guys who can do a 21 minute 10 mile TT on their road bikes with no aero kit, for a bit of fun on a Tuesday night. It's because they ride every day, twice a day.
I'm aware my heart rate is fucking terrible - that's not a problem though, because via training, I can work it down... Some people might start with a leg up, but if you don't capitalise on it the people who train day-in day-out, will be faster than you.
Natural talent comes in to it, I can't deny that, but train 10 hours a week and you will be faster than them eventually.