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Let’s start with the similarities. Kate<br />
Courtney and Chloé Dygert are both<br />
professional bike racers, both world<br />
champions in their disciplines. <strong>The</strong>y’re<br />
both Gen Z, born after Kurt Cobain died.<br />
<strong>The</strong>ir coaches worked closely with each<br />
other for 15 years. And together, they<br />
represent the best chance American<br />
cycling has for gold at the Tokyo Games—<br />
whenever they ultimately happen.<br />
That’s where the similarities end.<br />
In reality, they are fundamentally<br />
different, which is what makes their time<br />
together in January at Courtney’s “Camp<br />
of Champs” so fascinating. An annual<br />
post-holidays training block, the Camp of<br />
Champs is hosted by Courtney’s parents,<br />
Tom and Maggie, at their Mediterraneanstyle<br />
villa in California’s leafy Marin<br />
County. Also present are two <strong>Red</strong> Bullsponsored<br />
cyclists—retired cyclocross<br />
champion Tim Johnson and Dirty Kanza<br />
200 winner Colin Strickland—to make<br />
sure the rides are as difficult as possible.<br />
On an unseasonably warm January<br />
day, an entourage of coaches, managers<br />
and stylists are shadowing Courtney and<br />
Dygert alongside a camera crew, video<br />
team and magazine staff. A chef prepares<br />
meals for before and after training rides,
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