Teammates from hell
THE FIRST PERSON to beat is your teammate. It’s a cliché, but (like most clichés) deeply true. He’s on the same bike. No excuses.
To use another cliché, wriggle room comes in the way you interpret the word ‘beat’. And at world championship level, for the most successful, there’s no room for kindness.
Beating means a great deal more than just reaching the chequered
