New research may lead to a different strategy of cycling teams in escape attempts
(PHYSorg.com Physics)

In the middle of a peloton, racing cyclists experience only five to ten percent of the air resistance they face when cycling alone. A new study, published in the Journal of Wind Engineering & Industrial Aerodynamics, based on wind tunnel research on a peloton of 121 cyclists may explain why so few `breakaways` in professional cycling races, like this year`s Tour de France, are successful.