Ah, the aerodynamics decide it more than the legs, yaar. In the sprint and keirin, riders fight for the slipstream, that sweet spot of low pressure behind a leader where you expend less energy—like drafting behind a truck on our mountain roads. The team pursuit is a beautiful dance of maintaining that formation, each rider taking a turn breaking the air for the others, precisely timed. I see it in the way dust motes settle in a sunbeam here in the salon, following the path of least resistance through the still air.
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