Creakyknees

Just... wow.

Quel

HMF

ibtsnark

Levi must be hittin' the yoga pretty hard.

Creatre

Saw that picture and was thinking the same thing. He's gonna be a beast this year.

echappist

they'll ban that in no time

kleinboogie

He's been riding like that for some time. Pretty sure his CdA is smaller than mine. Lance discussed Levi's position in this video.

Creakyknees

not to mention that my left leg has more frontal area than his whole body.

kleinboogie

Heh, I resemble that remark but yours is probably actual muscle.

carleton

Is it me, or do his feet look unusually forward of the pedal spindle? It's kinda hard to tell with the shoe covers.

rkwaki

No I think it is the shoe covers that are misleading.

Hida Yanra

My guess is that his feet are actually further back in his TT position.
Power increases to some significant extent as the cleat slides back, but at the cost of higher cadence & sprint.

I've worked on this a bit myself, after seeing some figures and hearing some folks speak really highly of it. (A researcher from the AIS, where they are TT craaazy, Tyler Hamilton was doing it, and other sources.)

Given the Levi relies almost completely on his TT to contend for wins & podiums in stage races - and he is famous for meticulous attention to detail about his gear, I'd bet he does in fact run a more rearward cleat position.

rkwaki

I bet he can check his e-wang while riding he is so flexy...