Virtual Tour de France provides clues to key riders’ form
The first weekend of the Virtual Tour de France provided valuable insights into which riders are starting to hit peak form before the return to road racing later this month. Winners over the weekend included Ryan Gibbons (NTT) and Julien Bernard (Trek-Segafredo) in the men’s race and April Tacey (Drops) and Lauren Stephens (Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank) in the women’s contest.
These were all impressive results but Stephen Gallagher, director of coaching and sports services at Dig Deep Coaching, who has spent years analysing data from races, pointed to Sunday’s climb to the Zwift Epic KOM as the best indicator of
