In case you're thinking it was slower back then - check the stats:
Gent-Wevelgem, 2005: winner Nico Mattan, 208 km @ 42.577 kph.
Gent-Wevelgem, 1974: winner Barry Hoban, 244km @ 44.383 kph.
doing the conversion.....44.383 kph is 27.58 mph for 151.6 miles!
Holy crap - Hoban did it with his downtube shifters not working -
they kept ghost shifting and had to ride it with his hand on the shifter most of the time on the climbs. There, I changed it.
read this article - and dont worry, it mentions eddy and roger - a
rare loss.
