Chris Boardman,on his revolutionary Lotus bike,records the fastest ever speed over the 7.2km time trial course of 55.152 kph
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@radicalturkey2 жыл бұрын
Boardman was a total freak, a beast, and a legend. He rode clean in the era of dopers. And he had a medical condition which meant he had very low testosterone. He was eligible for a medical exemption certificate for testosterone which would have boosted his performance, which he refused. We should all be in awe of boardman.
@Daz555Daz10 жыл бұрын
Before this race Leblanc had sniffed at how half the peleton could beat Boardman's hour WR. After Boardman tore him to pieces in this prologue Boardman hit back with "at least we know which half Leblanc is in." Legend!
@JoeCnNd9 жыл бұрын
Awesome stuff!
@UTubeSL9 жыл бұрын
Hahahaha that's hilarious! I did hear that Leblanc said that, which is one of the reasons I occasionally come back and watch this video - but I never knew about Chris' response. What a legend!
@richarddavis19888 жыл бұрын
+Daz555Daz That's a quality response from Boardman
@templetonpeck88635 жыл бұрын
Daz555Daz Class!!! 👍
@phildurre94924 жыл бұрын
😂😅
@gabzgamesxxx4094 жыл бұрын
I would watch this over and over !! 🔥pure motivation !!!
@MntRprznt6 жыл бұрын
Beast. Im proud to own one of his bikes.
@Liofa734 жыл бұрын
M3nt2 R3pr3z3nt --- You bought one of his bikes? They're utter shit, more fool you.
@BrumCraft4 жыл бұрын
They're not shit at all. Carbon SLR frames, integral wiring, SRAM Force groupsets, kyserium wheelsets - pretty nice machines & VFM for an amatuer rider
@habdman4 жыл бұрын
@@Liofa73 they maybe shit, but for the mother of god, boardman sat on them, plus they look fucking aweswome
@dnavaneet3 жыл бұрын
Wow!
@allthingsbike27203 жыл бұрын
You don't know anything they make some fantastic bikes actually
@jazzman990004 жыл бұрын
I was there that day. It was really exciting when Chris rolled in to the last 200 meters. We were really excited when Miguel came in pretty close too. Everyone was banging on the barriers.
@StreetZipsSZ10 жыл бұрын
That Lotus 110 is the most amazing machine I have ever seen. I had the pleasure to ride one and they really are so aerodynamic! Almost 10km/h faster than a normal road bike on the same descent!
@arkaitzvdb4 жыл бұрын
la "Espada" and the "Old Faithful" were best bikes.
@EMC2Scotia13 жыл бұрын
I know it's only a prologue, but i rate this as one of the finest stage wins in modern tour history. It had it all, not to mention a clear case of a clean rider hammering a doped one (LeBlanc). Epic, brilliant.
@simonburton5053 ай бұрын
Chris Boardman a True Legend in cycling and went on to produce some Stunning Bikes
@RamboLambo00212 жыл бұрын
That Lotus bike is a work of art!
@dan3211313 жыл бұрын
@kona6495 you are correct, modern bikes do not make you faster! because after this the fastest ride in Tour history at over 55km/h, in 89 Lemond rode over 54km/h for the 2nd fastest ever in tour history. This proves it wasn"t an 89 bike but the machine called Greg Lemond!
@aaronjohnmaughan13 жыл бұрын
Boardman rode 170mm cranks, exclusively. Interesting factoid. He was an anaerobic genius.
@stevegandalf47394 ай бұрын
Boardman was only 175cm tall or 5'9" and did not have long legs. Very different build from your typical British long and lanky time trial rider.
@SnafuDMZ4 жыл бұрын
25 years after that ive got this 16 spoke mavic cosmic on my front
@user-uh6lm5wv6n3 жыл бұрын
Legendary wheels
@Ih8GoogleandApple4 жыл бұрын
Shows how much aero plays a part in top sustained speed.
@thefowlyetti211 жыл бұрын
'Tour de France Greatest Moments' .. its on youtube
@tman5634 Жыл бұрын
This was an amazing performance by C.B. Unfortunately that 55.1kms average was smashed today the 30.08.2022 in the days Vuelta Espanya 30kms individual TT won by Beligian Remco Evenepoel. An average speed of 55.7kms.
@haralaboslukatos67348 жыл бұрын
do you know the size of chainrings and cassettes in the TT bike?
@MrBolha695 жыл бұрын
Que bike é essa Lotus! Fabulosa. what bike is this lotus, fabulous!
wow you didnt know he's a ledge plus he makes great bikes to the boardman bike range rocks
@EKdlwoasred15 жыл бұрын
unbelievable 34 miles an hour average great guy too
@Daiymian4 жыл бұрын
Damn man. That was Blistering !
@TheJeffcote4 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately I have meet Chris on several occasions and each time he have proved himself to be arrogant and moody. I was only 15 the first time at national track champs when he rode for Kodak and locked up to him. He is a bell end. Graham obree is a true cycling hero.
@Liofa734 жыл бұрын
Matthew Jeffcote --- He always seems like a knob whenever he's on TV. He was eating and speaking during the olympics coverage. Can't stand the guy, would never buy his bikes, total shit.
@estebankid104 жыл бұрын
Never meet your idols
@avfc854 жыл бұрын
Liofa haha his bikes are shit
@samharrison87232 жыл бұрын
@@estebankid10 I met Stephen Roche, really great guy! When I met Greg LeMond, I couldn't speak! Honestly, I couldn't say a single word... I just hope that if I ever meet Sean Kelly he's as cool as I think he is!
@HkFinn832 жыл бұрын
Boardman is great, really knows his stuff. Those guys who were nice to you were just more fake😂
@TheSuperMotoHooligan12 жыл бұрын
@alonsoxabilfc all the speed tells you is the course was fast. flat or slightly downhill with predominately tail winds.
@deldia14 жыл бұрын
Team car is keeping up in Boardman's slipstream.
@EagleOfToledo9 жыл бұрын
This is now the 2nd fastest TT after Rohan Dennis won the 2015 prologue with an average speed of 55.456 kph. But Boardman's win will always be remembered as the best !
@StFidjnr6 жыл бұрын
as far as distance is concerned
@rancidsteve96896 жыл бұрын
Ken Besford That's wrong
@rancidsteve96896 жыл бұрын
Ken Besford can you provide some proof?
@chrismooney92755 жыл бұрын
Time trial bikes are a lot different now though. Boardman style bikes were outllawed years ago. They ride on much slower bikes these days
@ynotnilknarf395 жыл бұрын
let's see your empirical evidence for that?
@moggoon13 жыл бұрын
@3HolterBrothers I did hear last year that the 2009 Cervelo bikes were faster than the Lotus bike, but I dont know exactly how true that is. I'd surprised if they weren't after all of the investment over sixteen years.
@Colesalad4 жыл бұрын
why was his nose plugged in the beginning of the video?
@ShibuyaEngine10 жыл бұрын
In the 1990's they was only one rider that really did race clean, and that was Graeme Obree. As he didn't have the means. I'm not saying Boardman doped, but to produce astonishing rides in that era you have to question!!
@alanben757 жыл бұрын
Chris was actually refused a TUE for testosterone, due to his condition, osteopenia. Pre Tour de France days as an amature cyclist, he had a VO2 Max that was compatible to Saïd Aouita. It was VO2 max that was the reason that Lance Armstrongs figures didn't add up. VO2 was a more acurate measure of natural ability. Boardman didn't dope. If had, some one who could produce the wattage that he did for his first hour recored and could have consistantly road and recovered (a lack of testosterone prevented that) would have gone on to challange overall. Boardman did what his body allowed and did it well.
@benedictearlson90445 жыл бұрын
I'd agree. If he was doping he'd have been far more successful, as it was he could do these massive efforts but they would take it out of him and he'd be quiet for the rest of the 3 weeks.
@And-rc9yy5 жыл бұрын
Alan H, I thought I read that Chris Boardman was offered a TUE for his condition when doing his hour record on a conventional bike i.e. as close as possible to Merckx. Did you make a mistake in your comment, did you mean to write that he was actually 'offered' a TUE.
@ynotnilknarf395 жыл бұрын
Except Marckx was a proven serial doper.
@Paddl8974 жыл бұрын
@@ynotnilknarf39 come on, every rider of the time was doping, both track and street cyclists, there is nothing more to say about that. You still need to sacrifice yourself to reach what they all did but in fact, they all doped.
@sprintbass12 жыл бұрын
@MacTobey that would be something...everyone talks about how big and strong cancellara is...i will give him credit for being more consistant than boardman...but i still want to see him break records...id love to see him break the hour record but the UCI messed all that up with thier bike rules...
@johnpontes8123 жыл бұрын
The tdf saw faster ave speeds in those days than even the Olympics down to more freedom to dope. Induraiin averaged over 50kmph for 60 km with just old school equipment beyond belief what some riders were doing... We now only recently back up to their performances on the climbs the tt will be up there again maybe next year.
@coolraul51194 жыл бұрын
Esa esa una prologo de un pasillo de distancia,luego en las cronos para hombres ya sabemos que pasaba....
@Edenmain11 жыл бұрын
Fun how the giro hat is like the new kask bambino...
@StFidjnr15 жыл бұрын
at 1k to go the whole world is all about Chris Boardman.
@JueputaGuebon11 жыл бұрын
that is the least goofiest tt helmet ive ever seen. Really ahead of its time
@StreetZipsSZ11 жыл бұрын
What a shame though - imagine what bikes would look like now :)
@frajaralon3 жыл бұрын
hmmmm remember Riis riding some really odd looking bike...without any top tube....it looked horrendous.....that Lotus though is a classic esp the track version
@Physicist9999 жыл бұрын
BEst TT rider :)
@sig96611 жыл бұрын
What documentary is this from
@TheAcmerider13 жыл бұрын
British National Hillclimb Champion 1988,1989,1990,1991. Not too bad for someone who cannot climb :)
@ynotnilknarf399 ай бұрын
Could climb but not as fast as the dopers!
@25jonathan13 жыл бұрын
imagine how fast he would be able to ride with today's bikes!
@treygray28174 жыл бұрын
He wouldn't be much faster. It's mainly marketing hype
@MacTobey14 жыл бұрын
i´d love to see a 10 k time trial between boardman and cancellara at their best
@ynotnilknarf399 ай бұрын
Cancellara would just hit the fast forward button on his bars!
@koko5614 жыл бұрын
whoops, not the bars - it's a TT. Is it illegal due to the top and down tube being... well together?
@user-uh6lm5wv6n2 жыл бұрын
2 other powerhouse names get mentioned here, Indurain and Rominger.
@danfuerthgillis44834 жыл бұрын
Even with the lotus bike in Southern Ontario boardman would of probably crashed with the massive amounts of winds we get here. I still road bike a lot but around here everyone is afraid to ride a bike over 10kg as the strong winds make cycling crappy here. I am mostly on my cheap $250 15kg alloy road bike and that weight takes quite of energy to battle these winds.
@araregoodguy14 жыл бұрын
The British are good sprinters look at our indoor racers, Chris Hoy, Jason Q.
@123huskieman7 жыл бұрын
anyone know what helmet he's got on?
@nonfictionone13 жыл бұрын
Some riders only ever raced totally doped riders, e.g. Boardman, Evans (and many others). These would be TRULY cycling greats in what they would have won if not for the jungle juice their competitors were on.
@m.amonroy44655 жыл бұрын
DOPED!!💉💉💊💊🧪🧪
@keirfarnum68112 жыл бұрын
Nope. Boardman had a medical condition that lowered his testosterone levels and caused severe osteoporosis, and he could have received a medical exemption to take supplemental testosterone; but he refused.
@Totalavulsion5 жыл бұрын
That’s like me on Zwift
@mc170314 жыл бұрын
prodigy
@koko5614 жыл бұрын
With the drop bars you mean?
@xerr25954 жыл бұрын
That was the golden Era of epo!
@samuele83614 жыл бұрын
yep. 1993-1998
@Andy78L12 жыл бұрын
And done clean as well.
@stevefm8 жыл бұрын
1:38 That second podium girl was eagerly anticipating for her kiss there Chris, shame you let the lady down, she looks truely disappointed! Not quite the slim man you used to be (although not in bad shape admittedly) but I bet you wouldn't turn her down these days. ;)
@liamsmith91845 жыл бұрын
She was and i'm sure she still is a stunning lady and perhaps he was overtaken by the occasion and forgot convention but i do remember this stood out to me when I watched it all those years ago
@phil73945 жыл бұрын
Ha! Yeah, she was.
@firvedamodels2 жыл бұрын
Cris boardman Dispensa comentários..
@petethedrummer13 жыл бұрын
@rbonilla18 When did Boardman test positive for EPO? Any links? I doubt it.
@sklyrovka14 жыл бұрын
that lotus bike is fucking beautiful
@luger66666612 жыл бұрын
1:05 poor guy, only 7km and already got passed by another rider lol
@tranzco11733 жыл бұрын
Poor guy - Luc Leblanc - was World Champion the same year - 1994.
@bikesi15 жыл бұрын
been on the receiving end of a thrashing by chris myself, i'm sure they used to fire him out of a cannon!!!
@earthquake6914 жыл бұрын
lotus frame only?
@zachmitchell90964 жыл бұрын
Blood doping is amazing
@Ns522514 жыл бұрын
@araregoodguy how about Bradley Wiggins :)
@SkaterOrnez10 жыл бұрын
Where can I buy this bike frame ??
@SkaterOrnez10 жыл бұрын
Come on! This is like the best bike fir speed. Oh well you know any that has a frame like that ?thanks by the way
@SkaterOrnez9 жыл бұрын
Can't you 3d print it just an idea?
@FriedChickensz9 жыл бұрын
Mista _Wo Do you trust the stiffness of plastic?
@NGxsamx9 жыл бұрын
Mista _Wo Plastic bike?
@seimela8 жыл бұрын
Mista _Wo I CAN BUILD ONE FOR YOU .......CUSTOM
@TK08083 жыл бұрын
I think he could have used a deeper front wheel too. It's almost always faster.
@philipcurnow79905 жыл бұрын
Phil Liggett
@clfurness13 жыл бұрын
@25jonathan modern bikes really dont make you faster... much. they are all about saving a second or two.. the biggest aerodynamic brake is the rider, which makes up to 90% of the front surface area of a bike and rider travelling in the wind so the maximum a modern bike could save over on of those bikes is far less than 10% plus the lotus was a very aero frame to begin with, a shape like that would surely be banned by the UCI.
@JustinCrediblename4 жыл бұрын
bad spokes will set you back since they are traveling up to twice as fast as the rider. I'm looking at you, Xaero wheels. Great for bunny hopping curbs, but not cutting through the wind. they're some expensive training wheels.
@saucy0514 жыл бұрын
@phillyvinilli Boy what you smokin? You can't possibly be comparing a track athlete to the one and only spartacus. Boardman couldn't even complete a single tour, he's a "one and done" type of cyclist not a TDF material. Btw fabian is an exceptional climber for his size, he just tends to sacrifice his time for his teammates.
@EMC2Scotia11 жыл бұрын
Slightly down hill with a tail wind? Not exactly accurate, remember Lemond did his ride at the END of the Tour with huge pressure trying to win the race itself. Still, both rank as 2 of the all time great stage wins in Tour history.
@ShibuyaEngine10 жыл бұрын
Yeah but he was competing against Athletes who were doping at that time. You could argue his 1996 hour record was suspect in that case as the hour is effectively a long time trial. Ok he was in the form of his life using the Superman position, he beat Rominger's record, who at that time was being coached by EPO kingpin Dr Ferrari. Armstrong didn't win every long TT in his career. Thing is with Boardman he races in precision, he can control short time trials, or 4km pursuits, not long TT's.
@Paddl8974 жыл бұрын
So, everybody doped but the fastest time trialist Chris Boardman didn't? Seems legit!!!
@Liofa734 жыл бұрын
Johnny hewison --- If he was on LeMond's team, chances are Boardman was doping himself.
@mc170314 жыл бұрын
@genderpretender 1993 tdf prologue (Puy Du Fou) 6.8km, 1991 tdf prologue (Lyon) 5.4km, 1990 tdf prologue (Futuroscope) 6.0km, 1987 tdf prologue (West Berlin) 6.1km, I could go on...
@S2000Y4 жыл бұрын
Much as though I respect Boardy, I doubt he ever had any intention of finishing a tdf.
@treygray28174 жыл бұрын
Huh? He's ridden a full Tour. 39th place
@ynotnilknarf399 ай бұрын
Utterly clueless!
@S2000Y9 ай бұрын
@@ynotnilknarf39 2 out of 8
@jiyon1673 жыл бұрын
Sweet that he caught Luc Leblanc. That was payback for the comments that Leblanc made the year before when Boardman took the hour record. Leblanc stated that half the Tour De France field could beat Boardman’s mark of 52km.......Clearly half the field didn’t include Leblanc the a*sehole!
@ZimmermanTelegram14 жыл бұрын
THE PROFESSOR
@johnfitzgerald11922 жыл бұрын
He must be using a 57T or bigger chainring compared to the other cyclist he passed. 1:03
@mr.actiongal10179 жыл бұрын
Juiced
@georgebred7 жыл бұрын
Hush child
@danfuerthgillis44834 жыл бұрын
Let's try this with a 14 kg road bike, 30 km hr head wind, 15 km cross winds for 40 km that is what I rode today in Southern Ontario. 8.6 kg bikes should not be used by any pro cyclists in 2019 that is an embarrassment that they need that much of a light bike to achieve higher speeds. Get on a 14 kg road bike and leave that 8.6 kg stuff for 80 year olds.
@nightowl893612 жыл бұрын
This is the fastest TT in terms of speed, and LeMond's 1989 ride was almost as fast over 24 km, and Lance Armstrong was just a tad slower than this over a 58 km time trial ... but of all of these, I would say LeMond's is probably the best because both Boardman and Armstrong were riding more advanced bikes than LeMond had in 1989. That Lotus bike is one of the best, and Armstrong has the HED3 and Trek technology on his side. But all three rides are memorable and should be respected.
@richarddavis19888 жыл бұрын
Such a shame Chris has now lost this record...
@10001010117 жыл бұрын
The golden years of Tour time trials, possibly not to be seen again now Cancellara, Wiggins have quit. Indurain would be 10+ mins ahead in todays tour time trials.
@hamish10293847567 жыл бұрын
Dowsett and Dumoulin are still TT specialists and despite his un-engaging personality, Froome is up there with the best testers.
@ynotnilknarf399 ай бұрын
@@1000101011 Indurain was one of the biggest dopers, managed to go up the hills like a columbian mountain goat et smashed thw TTs at 80+kg. F.king ridiculous cheat, worse than Armstrong IMHO
@stevegandalf47394 ай бұрын
@@1000101011 With today's technology and training with the aid of EPO, Indurain may well have been this fast.
@nonfictionone8 жыл бұрын
no drugs and he wins a tour de france pro logue. Massively talented. Without drugs who knows how many he would have won.
@sprintbass13 жыл бұрын
got to give to the english..natural tt riders
@saucy0514 жыл бұрын
@phillyvinilli "In 5 years time cancelarra will be forgotten" I beg to differ. IMO cancellara is one of the greatest cyclist of this era if not the best. For me cancellara is the essence of a true cyclist. He has practically made a mockery of the ITT in the past decade, while steering away of any doping suspicions (which both AC and LA can't say) He has also participated and won many one day classics. Just watch TDF stage 3 2007 and 2008 Olympics road race to see what this guy is all about.
@dan3211313 жыл бұрын
@bergslag Boardman did ride the fastest ever prologue, FACT. Lemond would beat anyone, he rode 25km in 1989 @ 54.545 km/h. Boardman was a track cyclist, he had more pure speed than Cancellara. But i"d say Lemond was untouchable over longer distance, his VO2 max was in the 90"s! (very high!)
@relikvija9 жыл бұрын
Even after all the bullshit cycling went though people couldn't give less crap about the honest cyclist that's not doping... humans are sad
@m.amonroy44654 жыл бұрын
He was so doped1🧪💉💉💊💊
@keirfarnum68112 жыл бұрын
Nope. Boardman had a medical condition that lowered his testosterone levels and caused severe osteoporosis, and he could have received a medical exemption to take supplemental testosterone; but he refused.
@jeansilvas13 жыл бұрын
Ja I enjoyed this guy at his best, I just never understood why he didn't win a longer time trial in the tour and give Indurain a carrot there he had the pedigree for it if you can do the shorter distances of 2minutes or more effort you can do long distance it is a fact.Only sprints use different muscles for 45 seconds or less, he had the lungs to do it potentially.
@Haroog11 жыл бұрын
Brilliant observation that. Of course we all know how effective drug testing was, particularly in the 1990s when EPO wasn't even detectable and out-of-competition testing was a farce. I'd like to think that Boardman was clean, but passing drug tests doesn't prove anything.
@treygray28174 жыл бұрын
He didn't turn up positive for EPO in backdated tests. I was shocked
@stevegandalf47394 ай бұрын
@@treygray2817 Boardman said in an interview that he never doped because he was shit scared that if he did, he would have tested positive and his reputation would have been in pieces. I don't think he ever took EPO. Which means that with a bit of luck, he will live longer than a lot of the other top riders of that generation.
@Noone-zd7gi7 жыл бұрын
I have dream. After Tour The France will there a Tour The Indonesia it will take 2 months to finish it.
@bola8611new14 жыл бұрын
No más corridas de toros mejor planta un arbol y adopta un perro o un gato de algún refugio todavía estamos a tiempo de salvar el planeta 🌏
@ValeaBarcaului3 жыл бұрын
For sure he was juiced
@keirfarnum68112 жыл бұрын
Nope. Boardman had a medical condition that lowered his testosterone levels and caused severe osteoporosis, and he could have received a medical exemption to take supplemental testosterone; but he refused.
@ironmantooltime4 жыл бұрын
HTFU
@markhancock752710 жыл бұрын
boardman was a clean rider,rominger was not,and im not 100 per cent sure indurain was clean as well,boardmans power to weight should have made him a tour de france contender but as he was clean he could never recover in long stage races.
@rebeccabalck9 жыл бұрын
and you know that boardman was clean because...?
@markhancock75279 жыл бұрын
he was able to stay with the top riders over a week but then did not recover as well as them.he produced the right amount of power and was the right weight to win a tour de france.this was said by greg lemond,so why didn't chris finish high in a tour de france because he was clean.all the top riders of the time where taking epo,it is well known that from about 1992 onwards epo was being used by some top pros and as years went by most pro riders where force to take it to get work,so yes I believe chris and a few others stayed clean.
@alanben757 жыл бұрын
Chris was actually refused a TUE for testosterone, due to his condition, osteopenia. Pre Tour de France days as an amature cyclist, he had a VO2 Max that was compatible to Saïd Aouita. It was VO2 max that was the reason that Lance Armstrongs figures didn't add up - and this was Greg LaMonds argument for a long time. VO2 max was a more acurate measure of natural ability. Boardman didn't dope. If had, some one who could produce the wattage that he did for his first hour recored and could have consistantly road and recovered (a lack of testosterone prevented that) would have gone on to challange overall. Boardman did what his body allowed and did it well.
@TwentyTwenty906 жыл бұрын
Indurain was a Conconi client. He definitely doped.
@dogsnads56346 жыл бұрын
Absolutely. Anyone who remembers him destroying the entire field of doped riders on ascent after ascent whilst looking as fresh as a daisy knows he doped.
@josephmillar38911 жыл бұрын
Fair enough......but the Lotus bike was banned by the UCI for a reason...
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@nonfictionone13 жыл бұрын
I'd put boardman above cancellara at their peak, only in the prologue. And only because no one else can focus like boardman. here boardman thrashes riders full to the brim with epo. boardman won clean. QUITE a feat. An amazing athlete, with the best ability ever to focus it all on 5 minutes.
@Shadowboost14 жыл бұрын
nope
@TheMrvidfreak2 жыл бұрын
Michael Schumacher was that fast on the bike? Wow.
@vianovembre14 жыл бұрын
best in Doping yes...!! very good!!
@keirfarnum68112 жыл бұрын
Nope. Boardman had a medical condition that lowered his testosterone levels and caused severe osteoporosis, and he could have received a medical exemption to take supplemental testosterone; but he refused.
@genderpretender14 жыл бұрын
nothing against chris boardman but it was also the shortest ever prologue (i think) i reckon cancellara cud ride that course in less time - and can also be the first person to ride 50k in less than an hour
@mc170314 жыл бұрын
@genderpretender i don't think cancellara could
@LordNethesis10 жыл бұрын
Boardman only won in very short time trials, where doping wouldn't have helped quite as much
@Paddl8974 жыл бұрын
After your logic every track sprinter ever was ckean because "doping doesn't help on short distances". I think we need to call Justin Gatlin and Ben Johnson that they can stop doping now since it "doesn't help that much on 100m since it is a short distance"
@gregy5590212 жыл бұрын
Everyone that plays down Lemond's TT is an absolute wanker. I'd like to see CB do 55kmph after 2000 miles of racing, but the rides are incomparable for this very reason. Yes this is a good TT, but Lemond's was over 3 times longer and almost just as fast. Basically, all this bickering is useless. Boardman was best at short TT in the prologue, Cancellara is modern TT 4 time world champion, and Lemond was able to will himself to victory in '89 TDF with a devastating TT time.
@stevegandalf47394 ай бұрын
Lemond was a much better all round rider than Chris, who was a TT specialist. He even managed to win 2 TDFs after his brother in law had blasted him with a shotgun in a hunting accident. If Greg hadn't been shot, he might have been able to win 5 consecutive Tours de France ... and without using EPO.
@danfuerthgillis44836 жыл бұрын
There is no way in hell this could be done on a 30 lbs alloy bike . There had also had to be zero wind that day in order to push anywhere near 50km/hr. Only way this is possible is on 15lbs road bike and no wind ( no open country road)
@chairman8235 жыл бұрын
Haha You think that was a 30lb alloy bike?? Do a little research. Christ l have a steel bike from the 70's and it only weighs 21lbs.
@dylangregory41615 жыл бұрын
it's actual weight was 18.41 lbs because it was fully carbon fiber