Q&A with Dr Barney Wainwright
Do elite athletes automatically pedal well?
Although there’s a general tendency for higher-level athletes to have better or more effective pedalling, it’s not exclusive at all, and there are quite a few elite, national level or even WorldTour level athletes who don’t have very good pedalling. A lot of cycling is about physiological performance and power output, and you can create that by having a very good physiology even if you’re not very effective in how you generate it.
