In 2022, the Tour de France hit its fastest average speed of the modern era at a startling 42.03kph. It's hardly an outlier, with records across Cobbled Classics, multi-day stage races and all number of historic climbs tumbling in recent years. Cycling is becoming faster and faster – an issue which has provoked many critical conversations around safety, but also begs the question of why speed has increased, and more importantly when that trend may begin to slow down.
Well, after discovering the latest technical, physiological and strategic innovations mooted at the world’s largest cycling science conference, it’s no time soon.
