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Chief Science Officer, Australian Institute of Sport

It only takes a small error in tactics to lose a sprint, as Mark Cavendish found out in stage 2. Frans de Wit/Flickr

July 7, 2015

Off the mark: timing is everything in Tour de France sprints

Chris Abbiss, Edith Cowan University and Paolo Menaspà, Edith Cowan University

Science shows there’s an optimal way to win a sprint finish in the Tour de France, but a tiny error could cost a cyclist the win, as happened to Mark Cavendish in stage 2.

Good on the flat, good on the hills, good on the mountains. Jean-Michel SANGLERAT/Flickr

July 2, 2015

It takes a special kind of cyclist to win the Tour de France

Chris Abbiss, Edith Cowan University and Paolo Menaspà, Edith Cowan University

It takes a cyclist with a diverse set of strengths to win over the 21 gruelling stages of the Tour de France.

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