The pre-season crash which left Egan Bernal in intensive care has again focused attention on the safety of time-trial bikes. Tom Pidcock and Chris Froome are among the high-profile names warning that TT bikes are too dangerous to ride on open roads. But are the bikes to blame - or the natural inclination of pro-riders to ride as fast as possible, even in training? Dan Cavallari seeks the opinion of three people who know - former US Time trial champion Cameron Piper, now product manager at Specialized in California, multiple British time trial champion Michael Hutchinson and Trek-Segafredo pro Toms Skujins.
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The Alpecin-Deceuninck rider has now won eight Monuments, and next year will be looking to equal the record number of Paris-Roubaix victories.
‘This was my first time ever on a velodrome’ - Rosa Klöser, from the Kansas flint hills to the Roubaix cobbles
The Canyon//SRAM rider finished the Hell of the North after a dramatic but rewarding first experience on the cobbles
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