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samivtoday at 12:35 PM0 repliesview on HN

There's a difference between the guys who cycle Tour de France vs the ones who go around in the velodrome.

The former group is endurance athletes with skinny legs and the latter group is more focused on maximum power. Similar to marathon runners vs sprinters.

The pro velodrome cyclists do tremendous leg training programs specifically to develop the muscles. It's not the cycling that builds that muscle.