Originally Posted by
smarkinson
Assuming everyone rides on the exact same course. When someone says they averaged 40kmh for a time trial that is a useless number without knowing the course.
Originally Posted by
Vikram
a flat course
Originally Posted by
smarkinson
For example, 40kmh would have won you the 17km time trial on Stage 18 of the 2016 Tour de France. The winner (some guy called Froome) could only manage a paltry 33kmh.
Have you seen the guads on that man? Of course he can't break 40km/h, that is reserved for serious cyclists with massive guads.