‘6 W/kg all day’ – Tim Rex’s ‘pain face’ captures domestique going above and beyond to help Jonas Vingegaard claim Giro d’Italia’s maglia rosa on Pila

The look of sheer pain on Tim Rex‘s face as he rode in support of his teammate and Visma-Lease a Bike leader Jonas Vingegaard on the penultimate climb of stage 14 has become one of the most talked-about moments of the second week of the Giro d’Italia.

It has resonated with cycling fans and even his peers among the peloton because it captured the ambition, motivation and level of commitment – he turned himself inside out – that domestiques give to their teams and general classification leaders at the biggest races in the world.