Professors conclude: Don't descend like Froome

Chris Froome's descent of the Col de Peyresourde on stage 8 of the 2016 Tour de France, where he was tucked precariously low and forward on his top tube, pedaling like mad, was so unusual, awkward, and effective that it sparked a mixture of revulsion and Sunday club-run copy cats.

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