Callout to road cyclists for piece am penning… do you use sodium bicarb for performance purposes, whether it's Maurten or something else? Does it work? Use for TT and/or road rides? Please drop me a DM as after experiential angle. Merci mercy.

Time-trial day at the Tour de France, aka Christmas Day @DanBiggles22.

To "celebrate" the Tour, today's credibility figures from the MPCC reveals that "France is the third most mentioned country for doping cases and sports fraud" albeit "far behind Russia and India, whose growing number of cases, particularly in athletics, is raising questions".

Research ongoing. Subjective looks more accurate than Oura at the mo

Wearable tech for early detection of illness by Dan Green. Could be useful as can lose 1200 days per squad

Interesting slide on how an Israel GC contender’s weight fluctuates throughout the year

Is V1 the future of making racing safer?

Current UCI safety database

Steven Verstockt on safer cycling

Morning from day 2 of the Science & Cycling Conference…

Sneak peak of Haribo rehearsals: the Tour caravan stocking up in Lille

“I will buy Robert Forstemann [left] 135mm cranks and get him back in the medals. His drag loses him time.” Dr Jim Martin

Another cycling hot potato: science of crank length with Dr Jim Martin

Phil Burt hooking up with expert AI bike fitters MyVeloFit “to democratise bike fitting”

Coming to your buttocks soon, the world’s first customised chamois pad. Good stuff from ⁦@PhilBurtInnov⁩

Benefits of zone 2 work breathing by nasal passage only

Patrick McKeown on elevating physical performance via breathwork. Little lunchtime test: the Bolt Test. Hold for 40secs plus and an effective breather

“Reducing gear ratios will not make the sport safer”

Nice controversial one with Mr Bigham

Optimising sleep with Remy Hurdiel. Huge impact on performance. As for accuracy of commercial sleep monitors like Whoop, when it comes to stages of sleep, just not accurate. Find start and finish of sleep fine but that’s it