I am not sure I have an answer for you, I think a cyclist's riding style is more or less engrained by repetition, not by conditioning. I'm a masher, but halfway through a 1200k, I'm still spinning at the same speed whereas a lot of people have started pedaling like they are starving refugees. I think a lot of that has to do with the amount of time I spent riding a fixed gear. Even though it has been decades since I rode fixed, I still hesitate sometimes when I want to stop pedaling like I'm riding fixed.