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Are Rider's Truly Getting Faster? Unpacking Tao Geoghegan Hart's Claim That He Is One of the Fastest Riders in Ineos History

Are Rider's Truly Getting Faster? Unpacking Tao Geoghegan Hart's Claim That He Is One of the Fastest Riders in Ineos History

Breaking down power data and climbing speeds to see if Tao Geoghegan Hart is actually faster than peak Chris Froome

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Spencer Martin
Nov 25, 2020
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Are Rider's Truly Getting Faster? Unpacking Tao Geoghegan Hart's Claim That He Is One of the Fastest Riders in Ineos History
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I’ve been working over a theory for the past few months that the young riders emerging during the 2020 season are faster than the “older” established stars from the last decade. If true, this theory would mean that a 35-year-old rider like Chris Froome would have to return from his life-threatening crash stronger than he was at the peak of his powers. T…

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