How hard is it to find the energy for a final sprint after that long of a distance?
Any chance you’d want to send me an autographed jersey? Thanks, Aaron N. Yeargin, Senior, Mechanical Engineering, North Carolina State University Euser: Aaron, I’ll answer these one at a time: 1. How much does the road surface vary? Are the lines as slippery when wet? Tremendously. Roads go from freshly-paved asphalt to not loose chip seal. Roads go from large highways to barely one-lane goat paths. All of these are factors in road racing. These courses are not specifically groomed for us and offer challenges beyond just pushing ourselves to the limit. And yes, everything is slippery when wet, including the paint. 2. In big races, there are always crashes. How do the crashes of the Tour de France compare to other big races (Giros and one-day classics)? I don’t know how they differ in the Tour, but I’m guessing they hurt just as much as anywhere else. 3. I may be completely wrong, but some of this year’s stages seem shorter than the stages of other races. I realize the elevation changes
