John B. Slocomb wrote:
On Wed, 9 Jan 2019 12:12:09 -0800 (PST), "
wrote:

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.


True. But of course the TdeF isn't a continuous race it is made up of
relatively short segments with long rest periods in between :-) But if
you want, you might compare the Olympic Individual Sprint speeds. Of
course the Olympics are only held every four years :-)


cheers,

John B.

You'd think that with four years rest time between Olympics, that the
sprinters would be even faster :-)