Originally Posted by
McBTC
Quite a bit different from us tourists... many of the stages and back-to-back days in the Tdf are >100 miles... They're riding at an average pace of 25 mph or more not e.g., ~12 mph
Beyond my means can do a 25 mile average but only for a hour and has to be flat no climbing takes real condition.to ride like tdf riders do even after just a hour I am exhausted trying to keep a 25 mph pace lot of respect for ability to ride like that