Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post

Back to Wout Poels, he's too tall to be a natural top climber (1.83m is his quoted height) so he appears to have chosen to stay ridiculously thin to be able to ride as well as he does. He must be close to the end of his career now, so it will be interesting to see what he looks like in 5-10 years time.
And whilst we are talking about cyclists' upper body shapes, it would be remiss not to mention how narrow Cavendish is across the shoulders - does this cut down his wind resistance, and enable him to squeeze through narrower gaps?