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Maier, the Tour, the Streiff and Absandre...
Hello,
Following the Tour prologue and Maier's declaration that he would best any cyclist with more than 1'19" in the Streiff, my friend Absandre is arguing in fr.rec.sport.cyclisme that it could be done. My view is that it takes one crazy #$!@ to put his skis up there, and going down without a parachute... But I may be very wrong... (:- What is your opinion ? What kind of skier would it takes to be 1.5 mn behind ?? Thanks, Eric Fruttero (that 1'19" is the time between Maier and the winner of the prologue) |
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Maier, the Tour, the Streiff and Absandre...
"Alex Heney" wrote in message ... On 10 Jul 2003 12:00:33 -0700, (Eric Fruttero) wrote: Hello, Following the Tour prologue and Maier's declaration that he would best any cyclist with more than 1'19" in the Streiff, my friend Absandre is arguing in fr.rec.sport.cyclisme that it could be done. My view is that it takes one crazy #$!@ to put his skis up there, and going down without a parachute... But I may be very wrong... (:- What is your opinion ? What kind of skier would it takes to be 1.5 mn behind ?? That strikes me as a rather silly claim by Maier (if true). The Streif run is roughly 2 minutes for the fastest skiers (Maier won in 2001 in a time of 1'56"), while the tour prologue is over 7 minutes for the best. So he was what 16-17% down, whereas 1'19" would be over 50% down on the leaders. I think anyone who was a reasonably strong skier (above intermediate level, but not needing to be an absolute expert) could probably get down it in under 3'30". Doubtful. A trained racer might be able to do it in under 3'30", but most people wouldn't have the skills and/or the will to take those faces at anywhere near race speeds. On a flatter course, the odds would even up. But der Streif is anything but flat and the pucker factor is such that most folks, myself included, would probably sideslip the steeper sections. The others would simply fly off the course at the bottoms. Either way that 1'19" is going to be a formidable goal. -p |
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