46.841kph. Holy hell.
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Itās insane! Deserved a look at historical recordsā¦
Imagine in a few years on bikes as light as air with perfected fueling strategies. That has to be close.
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Stewards inquiry for van der Poel and Philipsen doubling up on Degenkolb ā¦
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Yip yip. If Iām going that fast, Iāve got a very VERY strong headwind or Iām descending and in both cases, it would only be for a few minutes. And thatās on reasonably decent tarmac with 0 cobbles.
Amazeballs!
Also, yay Canada! Alison Jackson ROCKS! Pun intended.
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Right? Donāt want to neglect credit for a great Femmes race as well this year. Finally getting enough distance on the route pre-cobbles to make it a proper event. A great ride and she was VERY happy!
https://www.cyclingtips.com/2023/04/paris-roubaix-champion-alison-jackson-the-antidote/
#velofemmes
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Yeah, nearly 30mph? I could sprint that, for about 10 seconds. On flat. And also 0 cobbles.
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Tailwind, surely?
Or is this a ādivided by the same languageā thing ā¦ ?
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Iām a Sufferlandrian so, headwind was correct. My error was saying descending, I obviously meant to say ascending.
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ā¦both ways.
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My āeyeballā of the regression is that the trendline is much flatter until about 2011 when the average really starts trending up. Interestingly, the biggest aero change happened in 2010 which is an outlier āslow yearā (headwind). Cancellara became the first person to win Roubaix on deep carbon rims, and every winner since has been on carbon wheels. I donāt think anybody even starts on alloy rims now.
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Yay Photos!
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I still like the Matt Hayman look of utter shock (hat tip: Butter)
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Many teams WERE using inserts at Roubaix. Then the riders complained about the weight. Now they are complaining about blowoffs. Thereās a solution: 28mm tubulars.
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