Anquetil's style cannot be copied because it is 95 percent mental,
different muscles are used in very different ways. What Anquetil
did was reproduce the same powerful out of the saddle method
of pedaling when in a relaxed seated position, making it possible to use the upper body, with all the leg power being generated
in the hips, but most important of all the advantages that
his technique has to offer is the instant and complete cure for
even the worst form of persistant severe on the bike lower back
pain. On that video the team masseur makes a statement
about the difference between Anquetil's back and the backs of
all his team mates. The masseur believed that Anquetil's
mysterious extra power came from his strong back but the
opposite is true, Anquetil's pedalling from the hips shaped and
strengthened his back while the backs of all the other riders
were under continuous strain every time they rode their bikes.
Anquetil's style is linear, it cannot be copied but can be acquired
by anyone with a will to do so, such as a victim of that back pain
who has been forced out of cycling by that continuous torture.
It cannot be explained in forums, it has to explained and demonstrated in detail in person.
The best medical experts have failed to find the cause and cure
for cycling's back pain, simply because the root cause of it is the
round pedalling style, on which all their research is based.