Cycling team adopts an unconventional altitude block

Critics raise familiar objections, and some of them land. The honest answer is that the tradeoffs are real and worth naming.

Still, the conversation has changed. The questions in the room are different from the questions in the room six months ago.

What makes this moment unusual is not the size of the move but its shape. The curve bends in a way that resists easy analogies.

Expect the next chapter to be quieter than this one, and more consequential. The loud part is usually the prologue.

Outside the room, the response has been faster, messier, and considerably more interesting.

A small group of practitioners has been arguing for this approach for years. They are doing their best not to look smug.