Pez: What was the gear today?
Tyler: I was in 53 x 11 and was spinning it out, I couldn’t have turned it any faster – I didn’t check, but I reckon we were doing 65/70 kph.

Hmmm 53 x 11 and spinning it out to max
Figuring he is riding a 700x23 tire on 165 crank arm
Does that mean "only" a 120 rpm cadence?
The specs above would calculate to 72.7kpm/45.2mph

I thought these guys road a blistering cadence in the 140+ range in the last 200m of a sprint.
Reason for the curiosity is that I was told that unless I could get my cadence above 125, I would have to change tactics in a field sprint. (of course I only dream I could do that with an "11" AFTER the punishment of a 2-3hr race)