Yea, I know that this is the Road Racing section, however, look at the times for last years team ALS/Lightening. They were riding recumbents. This year there are two teams riding recumbents. Team VeloKraft riding carbon fiber LowRacers and Team ALS/Bacchetta riding titainum HighRacers.
http://www.raceacrossamerica.org/fil...iders/ts48.htm