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The reporting for our featured article began with the question: how did Vingegaard and Pogačar do so well in the 2023 TDF ITT? Optimization, science, attention to detail, marginal gains, etc. The folks over at Escape Collective have a regular podcast exploring the ways by which professional riders are getting faster year after year (check out Performance Process), and a year’s worth of reporting led them to investigate the use of carbon monoxide rebreathing. The article is sure to make some waves for the future of professional cycling, and the comments section is a pretty interesting mix of opinions. Check out the exclusive Escape Collective article here. 

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• Spoiler Alert: Check out who’s leading the Tour after two weeks.

• Spoiler Alert: Check out who won the Giro d’Italia.

• Non-racing reading: an interview with adventure athlete Sophie Storm Roberts.

• Listen: Check out Rest Day with Jack Haig. It’s a bit like Geraint Thomas’ pod but without Geraint Thomas.

• Watch: Hard Miles—a feel-good cycling movie not about the TDF.

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