2006-09-25 08:26:09 · 11 answers · asked by albertg1986 1 in Sports ➔ Cycling
Flat and short - Dave Z has a record for the fastest TT in Tour history in the 2005 prologue of 19 km at 54.676 km/h or 33.97 mph.
Uphill and short - Lance Armstrong climbed Alp D'Huez in a timetrial averaging 23.44km/h for 13.9km or 14.56mph.
Uphill and long - Marco Pantani rode the entire Alp D'huez stage and beat Armstrong's time by 46 seconds after riding 204km total on the stage.
Long and flat - In 1999, Mario Cippolini finished the fastest stage of the Tour with an average speed of 50.355 km/h or 31.29mph for 191km.
Flat sprint - Curt Harnet, Canadian Olympian in the 200m match sprint, a track event, achieved a top speed of 72.985 km/h or 45.35 mph. Keep in mind that this is on a track bike with no draft to take him up to speed before the sprint.
Downhill max - I don't know what the pros can do, but I'm a chicken and I can hit upper fifties (mph).
2006-09-25 13:16:43 · answer #1 · answered by Jeff 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The speeds attained by cycling pros vary a great deal. It depends on the terain and the length of the stage. A typical Tour de France stage can be over 100 miles. A typical speed over such a stage is around 25MPH. If it is a short stage, such as a time trial, the distance is usually around 35 miles and they can average around 34 MPH. Sometimes, the time trial stages are uphill. Lance Armstrong recently won the time trial going up Alp d'Huez. That's about 13 miles at a fairly constant 8% grade. He did it in about 34 minutes, so that's about 23MPH. That's uphill, which is about 3 or 4 MPH slower than a 100 mile flat stage. Remember though, that the racers know the stage is short, so they can afford to push harder than they would on a long stage. Going downhill, like in the Alps, they can reach speeds over 60MPH, sometimes as high as 70 I've heard.
2006-09-25 10:25:05 · answer #2 · answered by mbmast 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
40 mph is not only possible but a good estimate of unassisted speed by unassisted i mean no downhill or drafting....personally i have hit 58 mph in the draft of a semi truck on a flat if you ain't got anywhere near that either you dont got the balls or you need a new sport (i did this on a fully rigid mtb with knobies) if you wanna call **** id be happy to demonstrate anytime LISA F the question i believe was not about average speed but about sprinting I would think on a road bike 30 plus would be easily attainable on a flat for minuts at a time .....but i ain't a roadie gravity remains my friend
2006-09-25 13:42:24 · answer #3 · answered by D 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
40 mph...thats crazy. Thats total bs unless your route was total down hill and you average that for only five minutes!
It really depends on the course and the milage you cover (the more the slower the pace)
Hitting it as hard as I could on flat ground I've gone 25 mph. The best cyclist I know personally (and does race) did a century (100 miles) averaging 23.5 mph! He only had one rest room stop the whole time.
I used to ride with a group of racers (not pros by no means) and we'd ride 25 miles at 18mph in the mornings and I was hurting by the end! This goup does 60-80 miles and 18mph on the weekends.
2006-09-25 09:24:15 · answer #4 · answered by Lisa 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
i have raced in the criterium cuircuit and some century peloton, and i train with a few teams like letua and way2ride. 40mph is not said unachieveable, but its for short sprints and breakaways. u cant maintain 40mph thru a centruy ride. The pros rides about 50miles a day and goes thru speeds of 45kmh = 28miles/hour. Total milage for a pro racer would come to about 10k per anum.
2006-09-28 03:57:44 · answer #5 · answered by Isaac 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lance Armstrong Time Trial
2016-10-30 08:11:58 · answer #6 · answered by umpierrez 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
58 mph, on a mtn bike , on flat ground , drafting a truck? Did you have a chain connected to the truck ?? Impossible!
2006-09-28 14:36:27 · answer #7 · answered by smellyfartz 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the Tour De France, on an "easy" day, they'll usually cruise in the high teens for up to 8 hrs at a time. It all depends on the terrain & conditions.
2006-09-25 09:27:57 · answer #8 · answered by icrashalot 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I've gone up to 40Mph, and I'm just a weekend rider. Pros probably reach 50Mph+ . And they sometimes ride for up to 8 hours at a time..
2006-09-25 08:37:41 · answer #9 · answered by Kaori 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
ive heard that they can reach 40+mph. amazing....but they cant hold it for long unless its flat ground. i have seen guys in bullet bikes (recumbents completely enclosed in an aerodynamic shell) going up to 80mph!!
2006-09-25 13:38:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋