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I’ve always thought there’s an irony that, with all the focus on aero in cycling, the two winningest riders - Froome and Sagan - position themselves like pat the postman
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Maybe the received wisdom, that an elegant style is most efficient, is straight up wrong? There are many examples of this being the case in cycling history.
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How do you know that's not aero? What looks aero often isn't. There's no way Groomed hasn't been in a wind tunnel (or similar) if Sky were planning an 80km solo breakaway.
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Yeah I think on the descents its wa the gravity of Froome's testicular fortitude that made the difference.
In the valleys though, he was painfully upright, he averaged 40kmh and at that speed 90% of resistance is aero drag. It's interesting that all of Sky marginal gains they haven't told him to tuck in a bit.