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12-19-09 | 10:43 PM

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AEO

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Originally Posted by OldPilot

1971 June 26-July 18, Mulhouse - Paris, 3,608km, 25 stages, 38.08km/h average speed winner
2009 July 4 - July 26, Monaco - Paris, 3,459.5km, 21 stages, 40.31km/h average speed winner

The only difference in average speed is 2km/h that is why I ask the question. You would think that the new bikes would have more impact on speed. Eddy rode further with 4 more stages & was only 2km/h slower than Contador.

some mambo-jumbo about physics, e=mc^2, kW/h would tell you going 2km/h faster is more than it seems about actual power consumption.

e=mc^2
energy = mass * velocity^2
m = ##kg
v = ##m/s

anyways, it works out to 0.26W/h of difference, if I did my math right.

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Last edited by AEO; 12-19-09 at 10:47 PM.

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