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Vorteq Sports is a company looking to give the best cyclists in the world the chance to hone their craft and exploit new technology as well as simply improve their performance.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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They work with a plethora of World Tour teams and national federations as well as driven individuals to deliver results across the world. A part of the operation is Jamie Pringle. He is an exercise physiologist by trade and in the last decade has worked in some of the UK\u2019s biggest sporting organisations to breed success within their athletes, such as British Athletics, English Institute of Sport<\/a> and Boardman Performance Centre. His goal, like the rest of his team, is to make people faster on their bikes.<\/p>\n

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Jamie at work. \u00a9 Vorteq Sports<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Plenty of World Tour teams uses them alongside their coaching staff to get their riders to their maximum output. In a sport like cycling, which is always striving for improvement, to make their riders go faster, the work of Vorteq Sports is essential.<\/p>\n

In a recent interview with the Lanterne Rouge Podcast, Alex Dowsett<\/a> \u2013 someone who has used the services of the Silverstone-based outfit in his latest Hour Record bid \u2013 spoke about how he implored former teammate, Davide Cimolai, to wear an aero helmet during his sprints. Dowsett knew the advantage of this due to his testing with companies like Vorteq Sports but it\u2019s still something that hasn\u2019t always been at the forefront of professionals\u2019 minds.<\/p>\n

Speaking about how his company elevates performance within the peloton and what some pros miss, Pringle explained from his home in Loughborough: \u201cAlex Dowsett is an exception to the usual rule. For most, the Time Trial isn\u2019t ridden a lot and isn\u2019t very important in the grand scheme of things. He\u2019s also had the cultural background within the British TT scene to put a focus onto that and have a personal responsibility to that.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is also a general continuity issue with switching teams. You get a new kit; new equipment and you are almost going back to square one. You have to build it again. Individuals [and] amateurs are doing far more in these fields than some teams.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe touchpoints that you come to see us for are the wind tunnel and the biomechanics but there is a lot that sits behind that like CFDs (Computational Fluid Dynamics), which goes into clothing and equipment development and that capability is expensive.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m lucky that I work with colleagues that are world leaders, they are some of the best bike fitters in the world and those kinds of people are in demand, which is great and that is why we are in demand.\u201d<\/p>\n

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But what goes into making a rider better, whoever you are? Well, Jamie has the answers.<\/p>\n

He adds: \u201cWe take a multi-disciplinary approach. What I mean by that is it is about looking at how you ride a bike, it\u2019s about looking at how effective you are mechanically on the bike, how is your position allowing you to generate force effectively.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe often look at the biomechanics first, then the aerodynamics and then physiology. It\u2019s usually those three key pieces of information to understand how the body works to achieve the physical outputs you are generating in the position that you are riding in, and, of course, always bearing in mind the event that you are going to put your talents into.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can do a lot in one session; we cover a lot of ground. You tend to take big steps early on and then smaller steps later on.\u201d<\/p>\n

An appointment that raised some heads over the off-season was the acquisition of Dan Bigham by Ineos Grenadiers. The aerodynamic specialist \u2013 someone Jamie notes as one of the best in the business \u2013 has been given the job title of Performance Engineer, as Ineos look to add \u2018F1 expertise\u2019 to their team. Going after the smaller steps as Jamie describes it. This isn\u2019t the first time someone with specialist skills has joined a team \u2013 Marco Pinotti worked with BMC as a Time Trial Specialist for years before the team disbanded but is this a step-change in how the peloton sees modern technology?<\/p>\n

Jamie thinks: \u201cHe\u2019s putting so much more intelligence and thought into it than most other people. He is a top guy and one of the brightest minds that I have ever encountered. There have always been individuals like Dan and if he takes his expertise to Ineos then wow. He is one of the most perceptive individuals out there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adding more about Bigham\u2019s new role, he said: \u201cI don\u2019t think necessarily the best will get better but the rest will catch up. It\u2019s not all about elevating the ceiling, it\u2019s about understanding the journey to get to that top point. It\u2019s a systematic, logical, organised approach to information gathering and making better decisions from it. And that\u2019s important as that brings longevity and continuity because not all of those riders will be there forever and not all the staff will be there forever but they are putting in systems to allow and to gather the right information to make the best decisions.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe will bring that attention to detail, which is already there. They have some of the best operators there and they have some of the best leaders as well. So, I don\u2019t know if the fastest guys will necessarily go faster but I\u2019m pretty sure they will.\u201d<\/p>\n

This technology is not only getting cheaper but this culture is also entering every part of the sport \u2013 from kits, bikes and the riders themselves. Vorteq Sports<\/a> is at the forefront, and it seems as cycling embraces their world, they will continue to grow at the home of speed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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