Well, many of you know who Thurlow Rogers is and he went 46 in the TT that Roady is mentioning....
4 276 Joseph Wiley 227264 0:48:04 0:01:45
That's 52 kph which is faster than the current "classic" world hour record. Even in a standard aero position, which Tony Rominger and Chris Boardman used to go 53 and 54 kph respectively on the boards of Bordeaux and Manchester, I don't think that Thurlow on an open road was ever in the same category of time trialist in his peak....so my take is fast course :-)
Elite Women 4
1 188 yvonne rodriguez 144507 0:55:07 0:00:00
2 186 Angela Dybdahl 255446 1:00:13 0:05:06
3 184 Robin Brown 260904 1:00:35 0:05:28
4 183 Debbie Betts 219103 1:01:01 0:05:54
5 182 Teresa Steele 259544 1:03:32 0:08:25
6 187 Dora Lendvai 257032 1:06:26 0:11:19
7 185 debra buchanan-p 236769 1:10:48 0:15:41
Elite Men 1-2
1 302 Thurlow Rogers 30417 0:46:19 0:00:00
2 277 Mike Garrett 42851 0:47:48 0:01:29
3 297 Patrick Caro 88582 0:47:54 0:01:35
4 276 Joseph Wiley 227264 0:48:04 0:01:45
That's 52 kph which is faster than the current "classic" world hour record. Even in a standard aero position, which Tony Rominger and Chris Boardman used to go 53 and 54 kph respectively on the boards of Bordeaux and Manchester, I don't think that Thurlow on an open road was ever in the same category of time trialist in his peak....so my take is fast course :-)