On Tuesday, January 8, 2019 at 10:01:04 PM UTC-6, John B. Slocomb wrote:
On Tue, 8 Jan 2019 22:31:15 -0500, Frank Krygowski
wrote:

On 1/8/2019 9:05 PM, jbeattie wrote:
In fact, I raced with Lance Armstrong. Well, O.K., I raced on the same street at a different time as Lance Armstrong -- I was masters and he was Pro/1/2 back in the Montgomery Subaru days. But I still felt like we were close, and I got to know him enough to see that he was sensitive and caring young man.

My best was riding with Lon Haldeman during one of the early Race Across
AMerica (RAAM) sleep deprivation contests. The route went not too far
from a town I was visiting in central Pennsylvania (so it was toward the
end of the race), and I went to considerable trouble to ride to the
route and ride along with him for just a little while.

I remember saying only "You're looking good, Lon!" Which was a blatant
lie. He looked like death warmed over. As I recall, he was riding at
about 12 mph.

His winning speed in 1982 was 12.57 mph :-)

cheers,

John B.

Haldeman won the RAAM in 1982 at 12.57 mph. Hinault won the Tour de France in 1982 at 23.6 mph. IF IF IF IF you figure average speed the Tour way. BUT, if you figure average speed the RAAM way, then Hinault only averaged 3..9 mph for the 1982 Tour. 2179 miles. 7/2/1982 to 7/25/1982. Assume Noon start on 7/2 and 4 PM finish on 7/25. 556 elapsed hours from the start to the finish. 2179 miles divided by 556 hours equals 3.9 mph.