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Tech Tour de Force

On 1 July, Chris Froome and his Team Sky compadres will return as reigning champions to defend their title in the Tour de France. We all know that the riders are the ones who receive the attention when victory is achieved - but, what about the technology that goes into powering these super cyclists to win races? We at T3, ourselves avid cycling enthusiasts, were given an exclusive invite to the Team Sky Service Course to see what sort of tech goes into turning a great rider into an epic winner.

Does tech make you faster?

Eddy Merckx famously said, “Don’t buy upgrades, ride up grades,” but things have moved on since those racing days, and nowadays margins are tiny. So much so that teams and riders have to find ways to up their game. It’s no surprise, then, that a cyclist’s performance, ability aside, is largely dictated by the machine underneath them. Every year bikes get lighter (though the 6.8kg UCI limit means they can only lose so much weight), more aerodynamic and, ultimately, easier to

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