Pro Climbing Speeds

At what sort of average speeds do professional road racers climb the big
mountain passes?

Too bloody Fast
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At what sort of average speeds do professional road racers climb the big
mountain passes?

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Too bloody Fast
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At what sort of average speeds do professional road racers climb the big
mountain passes?






Probably around 20-25kph. When you think that on the stage that
Virenque won, his average was something like 42kph...most very good club
riders would be over the moon to average around 40kph on a 25 mile TT to
break the hour.

Awesome.


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Simonb typed:
At what sort of average speeds do professional road racers climb the
big mountain passes?

I don't think you want to know that

Well, the report I read in today's Observer suggested someone was looking at
doing 25km uphill in about an hour for a time trial.

A

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Too bloody Fast
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At what sort of average speeds do professional road racers climb the big
mountain passes?


Chris Boardman said in a TdF commentary last year that the pros go up
about twice as fast as amateurs. It took me 70 minutes to get up Alpe'dHuez
(not that I'm an even remotely good amateur) Marco Pantani did it in 40
minutes.

Cliff

Simonb Wrote:
At what sort of average speeds do professional road racers climb the
big
mountain passes?

I timed Lance on the last 10km of his stage victory. I believe that
average gradient over that section was about 8%. It took him 25 mins
which is 24km/h (15 mph)


Ian


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Simonb Wrote:
At what sort of average speeds do professional road racers climb the
big
mountain passes?

I timed Lance on the last 10km of his stage victory. I believe that
average gradient over that section was about 8%. It took him 25 mins
which is 24km/h (15 mph)

Makes you sick, dunnit?

It would most certainly make me sick. Once again, the AI .sig generator
has picked an apposite tag.

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