Alpe d'Huez question...

[rich p]

... just for fun and without googling, which rider holds the 2 fastest times up the Alp, of the currently active crop?

 

[thom]

Cadel Evans ?
Edit - nope, just checked. The guy did cross my mind but wow, I didn't think he'd be that quick...

 

[MacB]

me, but I don't like to brag

 

[Boris Bajic]

I had three guesses and then cheated.

I was wrong three times and one of mine wasn't even on the list of the fastet.

I would never have guessed who it is in a month of Sundays... although now that I know, it's quite obvious of course...

I won't say, but I doubt anyone will get it.

OP, did you know?

 

[Crackle]

Sastre or, or, or.............OK, Sastre?

 

[oldroadman]

Depends if the "current crop" goes back 10 or 12 years, in whcih case some very quick times have been posted, which will be hard to beat. Climb times for the best are up to 2 minutes slower now, and riders finish (at a stage end) in bits. Conclusions you may draw.

 

[thom]

Depends if the "current crop" goes back 10 or 12 years, in whcih case some very quick times have been posted, which will be hard to beat. Climb times for the best are up to 2 minutes slower now, and riders finish (at a stage end) in bits. Conclusions you may draw.

Not to give it away but the difference between the best 2011 time and the best of the old stager in question is just under 3 mins, who is 1 min off Pantani's best.

 

[Monsieur Remings]

Bob Monkhouse, or, second guess, Cilla Black?

 

[Boris Bajic]

Bob Monkhouse, or, second guess, Cilla Black?

This answer is absurd.

Monkhouse is dead and I can find nobody called Cilla Black in the record books.

I do not think you ae taking this seriously!

Have you no respect?

 

[Beebo]

I cheated too.

The top 5 makes sad reading,
01 37' 35" Pantani 1997

Italy
02* 37' 36" Lance Armstrong 2004

United States
03 38' 00" Marco Pantani 1994

Italy
04 38' 01" Lance Armstrong 2001

United States
05 38' 04" Marco Pantani 1995

Italy

for comparison, in 2011 no one got under 41 mins!

 

[kedab]

This answer is absurd.

Monkhouse is dead

WTFOMG?!

 

[rich p]

Depends if the "current crop" goes back 10 or 12 years, in whcih case some very quick times have been posted, which will be hard to beat. Climb times for the best are up to 2 minutes slower now, and riders finish (at a stage end) in bits. Conclusions you may draw.

The current crop includes anyone still riding in the pro peloton!
If you want to see the answer click on this which also has the all time lists. Interesting comparisons as has been pointed out.
http://www.fillarifoorumi.fi/forum/...km-h-VAM-W-W-kg-etc-%29&p=1908053#post1908053

Not quite a donkey into a racehorse but you wouldn't have him down as a climbing gazelle.

 

[tigger]

I'm surpried Rolland isn't there, given he won the stage in 2011 and there are lots of other riders times in the list from that stage. He was up the road though I think before the climb started?

 

[Boris Bajic]

I cheated too.

The top 5 makes sad reading,
01 37' 35" Pantani 1997

Italy
02* 37' 36" Lance Armstrong 2004

United States
03 38' 00" Marco Pantani 1994

Italy
04 38' 01" Lance Armstrong 2001

United States
05 38' 04" Marco Pantani 1995

Italy

for comparison, in 2011 no one got under 41 mins!

It makes an interesting read. I adored Pantani and he was (is) something of a hero to me. I'm not alone in that.

Armstrong, on the other hand, is the last of the truly great, clean athletes. That he managed those times without touching the naughty stuff just elevates his status in my own, personal pantheon of magnificence.

He was poorly, he got well, he was clean and he STILL managed two of the five fastet recorded times up l'Alpe d'Huez!!!

Really, how can the doubters now have any argument with my contacting former Hitler Jugend Anti-Aircraft Gunner, His Excellency the Pope and asking for (no demanding) immediate and back-dated canonisation for Sir Lance of Armstrong.

I bet the doubters feel a little silly now....

 

[Herbie]

The current crop includes anyone still riding in the pro peloton!
If you want to see the answer click on this which also has the all time lists. Interesting comparisons as has been pointed out.
http://www.fillarifoorumi.fi/forum/...km-h-VAM-W-W-kg-etc-%29&p=1908053#post1908053

Not quite a donkey into a racehorse but you wouldn't have him down as a climbing gazelle.

No Brits in the list....bit disappointing