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Why aren't Tour de France riders going any faster?
- siddboots 13y agoThere are some really great responses here. Well worth reading the whole thread. Thanks for posting.
- phireal 13y agoIt's interesting to note the slight flattening out in the required power since ~2000 (around 220W). Perhaps the sport really is cleaning itself up.
- noselasd 13y agoWell, at one point you're going to hit the limit of humans. When aerodynamics, bike mechanics and weight, cycling techniques and strength and other biological factors have all been optimized - there's only so much a human body can do. And the optimizations that can be done, will not necessarily be improved linearly each year - I'd certainly expect this curve to flatten out.