Originally Posted by
kbabin
The time trial was in Branson for the last 2 years. I watched from the road side on biggest hill and they were suffering.
I can't find the offical map of the 2008 course, but here is a route on mapmyride.com. You can see elevation if you have Google Earth installed....
http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/united...n/728426481191
Kev
yes they were probably suffering as a time trial is an all out effort for the entire distance. they suffer on the flats too in a time trail.
they would not have suffered at all if it was a normal stage because they would have been conserving energy the whole time and blown right past the climb like it was nothing. and yes i do know what I'm talking about. my family has a cabin on table rock lake.