Are scientists now more important than star riders? Inside pro cycling's race for scientific innovation

Tudor Pro Cycling, Dan Bigham, and Remco Evenepoel .

It's the race behind the race, a secretive scientific battle between the richest and most technologically advanced teams in professional cycling.

Suffering on the road remains a core part of cycling, but training, nutrition and performance physiology have advanced massively in the last three decades, and especially the last ten years.