devashish_paul wrote:
Murphy'sLaw wrote:
sciguy wrote:
monty wrote:
And people keep bringing up this one example but keep leaving out that Björn's aero bar broke off at the beginning of the ride. See how fast you ride holding on with one arm for over a 100+ miles on a very hilly course. And even with that real handicap, he only lost about 10 minutes to an admitted fully doped to the gills pro tour peloton rider. Seems like with all that information that it reinforces the closeness of the riders.
add to that the 10,000ft of climbing at Silverman making a much more of a "climber's" ride than a normal time trial make Bjorn's performance even more remarkable against a DOPED TO THE GILLS uber climber.
FIFY.
Even Lance got smoked by Kienle at the Galveston 70.3....it's amazing how badly pro cyclist start to sucking at cycling after the swim, when they actually have to do with triathletes do.
Say again?!?! The way I remember it, Kienle tried, but had trouble getting away, and instead rode in the pack of 3. (So funny how ST loves to make shit up). Oh, and Lance was also 41 at the time.
Sebastian Kienle: Swim: 00:26:10; Bike 2:03:43
Lance Armstong: Swim: 00:23:28; Bike 2:05:10