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EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Optimising: Ultra-performance for ultra-endurance racing

Dan Bigham’s “question everything” process and why he is calling time on his riding career 

EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Parcours’ new tyre-testing results show what’s fastest – and why

EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Performance Process: Why shorter cranks aren’t for everyone

Riders race past wind turbines on stage 1 of the 2024 Tour de France Femmes.

Four weeks of planning: How TdFF’s teams optimise for a double-stage day

Performance Process newsletter: Why split day training could up your fitness

EscapeCollective Paywall Badge After running’s ‘Super Shoes’ cycling’s ‘Super Suits’ are deciding medals at the Paris Olympics

Tadej Pogačar raises his arms in victory as he wins a stage of the 2024 Tour de France. He is wearing the yellow jersey of race leader, with a matching yellow helmet. He is seen from slightly behind and below, framed against a blue sky with a lower border of clouds, as if to suggest that he is on another level from any other bike racer.

EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Opinion: We can’t yet explain Tadej Pogačar’s sudden leap

Tour de France riders are keeping cool with ice gels

EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Exclusive: Tour riders are inhaling carbon monoxide to optimise altitude training