Jay Vine is the proof that the path into professional cycling has changed. He won the Zwift Academy from his pain cave and rode it into a WorldTour contract, then into Grand Tour stage wins. For the amateur grinding away on a smart trainer, he's the clearest example yet that watts measured indoors are real watts — and his reflections on how easing his training load made him faster cut against the more-is-better instinct most amateurs share.
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