Time trialling strips cycling back to its purest form: how fast can you cover a set distance alone? Riders use TT-specific bikes with aero bars, deep-section wheels, and skin suits to minimise aerodynamic drag. Pacing is everything — the optimal strategy is an even split or slight negative split, never going hard in the first half. Going out too fast in a TT is the most reliable way to lose time. Power meters transformed TT racing because they replaced perceived effort with data, and the best time triallists are the ones who can hold a precise wattage regardless of gradient, wind, or how they feel. It is called the race of truth because there is nowhere to hide and no one else to blame.
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