In 2025 she raced through Tour de Suisse and Dutch Nationals, arrived tired, and lost the Tour by minutes. In 2026 her team pulled her from both. On Stage 1 she gained time in a bunch sprint. The lesson translates.
Peer-reviewed data on 165 mm cranks shows reduced perceived fatigue and lower knee-joint loading. The pro peloton has been quietly migrating for two years while amateur bikes still ship with 172.5 mm.
Gregory Maassen spent nearly a year unable to walk. Two coast-to-coast e-bike tours later, a Johns Hopkins neurologist calls his story a live demonstration of the only known way to regenerate small nerve fibers.
Nowhere else in Olympic sport do the athletes contribute to their own testing budget. In cycling, they do, they always have, and it changes what the current reform fight is really about.
