Who's faster? Mark Webber or Alain Prost...

kelsen
kelsen Posts: 2,003
edited October 2011 in Commuting chat
...cycling up Alpe d'Huez!

Feature in F1 Racing about Mark Webber and Alain Prost doing this famous climb.

http://www.f1racing.co.uk/testdrive

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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    And the result was?
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  • deptfordmarmoset
    deptfordmarmoset Posts: 3,118
    From this clip it looks like Prost won.

    http://www.redbullracing.com/cs/Satelli ... 3096514638

    Prost looks like he's in pretty good shape.
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  • kelsen
    kelsen Posts: 2,003
    xtremeracing wrote:
    So who do you think won; Aussie Mark or The Proffessor? Before you jump up and down saying Webber for sure because of the almost 20 year age gap, be reminded that the tiny Frenchman Prost weighs only 58kg while Mark is a comparatively hefty 76kg! Alain also rides almost every day, while Mark can’t as teh 19 race F1 calendar this year means he’s not at home all that much.

    Possibly surprisingly, possibly not, the winner was Alain Prost! He did it in 61min55sec. Not quite Armstrong-speed, but damn quick still! He did back off and wait for Mark Webber so they could cross the line together, so had he not done that we could have seen the 1hr mark cracked by a 58kg frenchman! Sounds like Pro Cycling really…
    http://xtremeracing.com.au/blog/2011/09 ... lpe-dhuez/
  • dsmiff
    dsmiff Posts: 741
    :wink:
    I thought Webber won, however Prost put in a protest that Webber cut one of the corners so did not complete the full distance. Hence Webber was disqualified and Prost awarded the victory.
    :wink:
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  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    Aerodynamic face
  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    I have that exact issue!

    Can't remember who won, lovely bikes though!
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  • meanredspider
    meanredspider Posts: 12,337
    Prost won. Button was taking the pi$$ out of Webber for being beaten by an old Frenchman
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  • squired
    squired Posts: 1,153
    Apparently the DRS button wouldn't work on the climb...
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Didn't prost beat Paul Kimmage in the etape du tour?
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  • kelsen
    kelsen Posts: 2,003
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Didn't prost beat Paul Kimmage in the etape du tour?
    Not surprising considering Prost is a true champion and would've applied the same mentality to cycling whereas Kimmage is a bitter journalist who blamed everyone else for a nondescript cycling career :wink:

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