Originally Posted by cooker
Shadow boxing seems to be a poor metaphor in the TdF. I don't really get it. pelotonracer likened it to a "game of cat and mouse". That's a much better metaphor.
+1
I would think shadow boxing in cycling context would be someone by themselves training for a race and pretending that they were jockying for position against their imaginary friend for the final sprint. They don't actually shadow box in the actual fight.