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There's a perplexing contradiction in Chinese cycling.

While the nation is the world's leading producer of bicycles, boasts the largest number of daily riders and is spearheading the global trend of shared bike service, there are few Chinese faces on the top-level professional circuits and the gap between the country's elite riders and the best of the rest continues to widen.