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To: luv2ski

I’ve always heard that drafting on the mountain stages saves you 30% in energy expenditures. Lance’s domestiques were legendary on the mountain stages.


418 posted on 07/22/2011 7:23:27 AM PDT by Wyatt's Torch (I can explain it to you. I can't understand it for you.)
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To: Wyatt's Torch

30% on the flats is a given. Into a wind it’s even more value. On an incline it’s less physically, but no less important.


421 posted on 07/22/2011 7:31:43 AM PDT by Baynative (Are you a Free Republic monthly donor yet? If so, thanks. If not, why?)
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