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Tour de France: Cycling's Greatest Individual Time Trial Explained

The Real Science of Sport Podcast

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The Effect of Aerodynamic Position on Speed

Even the commentators pointed out that in the Pergaccia on that final climb seemed to be sitting more upright and not in an aeroposition. Vinegar actually, even though he wasn't a climb, was almost in the time trial bars, I just super aggressive position. So it was odd to be aero even on the climb more than Pergacca was. Yeah, absolutely. And there have been some studies where they take guys into controlled environments in velodrome indoors so they can get rid of the wind effect. For example, you can ride at exactly the same power outputs and your speed will be...

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