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The perfect place to start The Grupetto - and to fall in love with Sastrugi Racing, the underdog American ProTeam chasing a Grand Tour wildcard invitation across one complete race season. Fabien Lacroix, thirty-six, has given professional cycling sixteen seasons and a left knee that's been whispering soon for two years. A French domestique - the sport's invisible servant, the man who does the wind work so other men can raise their arms - he's never been the fastest or the strongest. And he'...