22.4.11

The battle of standing still

A mesmerizing video of the 1990 match sprint world cycling championship, the fastest bicycle race in the world. But! before the final sprint in which they reach a speed of more than 60 Km/H (in just 200 meters), there is a battle of standing still: in which the contenders actually try to fall behind there rival in order to have the first attack in the final sprint..

Read more about this on the sprint cycling wiki page.
Posted by mohsaied at 2:53 PM
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2 comments:

  1. UnknownApril 24, 2011 at 8:16 PM

    the fastest race?!

    id say the fastest final lap, not the fastest race.

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  2. mohsaiedApril 24, 2011 at 8:23 PM

    Well, its the fastest "event".. and the clock only starts in the last 200 m yeah :D

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