Originally Posted by chasm54

The HTC-Columbia team lead out Mark Cavendish at about 60-65kph (say just under 40mph) for the last kilometre or so of a Tour stage, then Cavendish jumps past them with less than 200m to go. Cavendish has said he has touched 75kph/47mph on the road, but even he can sustain that only momentarily. But it's something for us to aim for...LOL

Edit - Cavendish is no Clydesdale, though: he's 5'9" and weighs 150 lbs - about 75lbs of it in his thighs.