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Tim Harford explains the numbers and statistics in the news and in life

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How to Cycle Really Fast

21/07/2018 GMT

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How much better are the pros than the rest of us and how effective is slipstreaming?

Former British time trial champion Michael Hutchinson calculates how much better the pros are than the rest of us, and Bert Blocken explains the numbers behind slipstreaming.

It’s the final week of the Tour De France giving the cycling geeks on the More Or Less team the perfect excuse to look at some bike-related statistics. Former British time trial champion Michael Hutchinson calculates how much better the pros are than the rest of us, and aerodynamics expert Bert Blocken explains the numbers behind slipstreaming.

(image: A shot of a cyclist's feet while cycling. (Photo Credit: Getty Images).

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