- Feb 25, 2010
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The Hitch said:Heres a random question.
why do cyclists go faster in difficult long hilly time trials than in short flat prologues.
In the 2009 51 km hilly world tt in mendrisio, which included a hard climb that had to be done thrice, cancellaras average was above 50km/h.
In the 2010 giro flat 8 km amstertham tt wiggnis came first in something like 47km/h.
My guess is the Amstertham tt had more corners, and they might have been saving themselves for the giro. but wiggins was going specifically for the tt, and surely the corners cant take as much out of cyclists as swiss hills.
on this, If you get these long broad roads you can keep going superfast. on the other hand, cornering and increasing speed again is more tiring than keeping a top speed.