Eddie Dunbar is one of the riders Team Ineso chose to put through the Silverstone wind tunnel and aero testing experience. It aims to improve a rider's TT and road race position to make it more aero.
Eddie Dunbar has been put through a complex set of wind tunnel and open road aero testing by Team Ineos, with the session featuring in the video below.
Dunbar and
Italian TT and track specialist Filippo Ganna, who is also a Team Ineos rider,
were taken to a testing facility at Silverstone.
The company Swiss Side, which has worked in Formula 1, has now been recruited by Team Ineos to improve its riders' positions.
This involves
getting more aero in the familiar “tucked” TT position on their TT bikes with
all the special equipment geared for speed.
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But the WorldTour
outfit also wants the riders to become as aero as possible in the road racing
domain.
“It think one of the main things that has changed cycling over the past 10 years, is aerodynamics,” said Eddie Dunbar.
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“You see every year there’s new inventions, new technology coming in to make us go faster; it’s top of the list.
“So to have this
support and the knowledge behind us is really going to help us moving forward.”
Eddie Dunbar in wind tunnel tests
Eddie Dunbar about to blow or be blown...
The Irish cyclist on the front of the Team Ineos train on the roads of the Silverstone campus
Dunbar with the "rake" fixed behind him (and in team mate Sosa's skinsuit)
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