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Are Tour de France riders the fittest sportsmen of all?

Survival of the fittest ... the last stage of the 2016 tour, in Paris. Photograph: Jean Catuffe/Getty Images
Survival of the fittest ... the last stage of the 2016 tour, in Paris. Photograph: Jean Catuffe/Getty Images

The incredible feat of endurance that is the Tour de France has finished for another year. Are the tour riders the fittest sportspeople of all? Is there any way of comparing relative fitness across sporting disciplines?

Nick Chamberlain, Manchester

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