[evanbarter]

Iain Treloar, the author of this story, is a fantastic journalist and writer. If you're interested in reading more of his work, I recommend the following:

- Exposed by a Strava KOM: The many lives of a fake pro cyclist https://cyclingtips.com/2022/04/exposed-by-a-strava-kom-the-... (similar theme to the original story, but a much deeper rabbit hole)

- The dictator, the oligarch and the UCI president https://cyclingtips.com/2020/11/the-dictator-the-oligarch-an... and The UCI just gave its highest award to this dictator https://cyclingtips.com/2020/06/the-uci-just-gave-its-highes... (Two stories on the sports-washing of human rights, possibly resulting in payback by the governing body https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/sep/24/cycling-journa...)

- The birth and death of a bike company: What happened to SpeedX? https://cyclingtips.com/2019/06/what-happened-to-speedx/ (covers the rise and fall of a crowdfunded darling)