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Cancellara's cadence gets all super regular when he's flying away too.
In my non-expert opinion, when both he and Femke are climbing really strongly in those videos, their cadence looks more like track bike cadence - which is super smooth because the cranks are setting the tempo rather than your achy legs. The people around them have ever so slightly lumpier cadence, slowing a bit more through that dead zone at the top of the stroke.
Or maybe I'm imagining things. Who knows. I do remember that when Froome was doing his kick up hill schtick, he dropped a gear and span like a motherfucker to get the added pace.