Originally Posted by
McBTC
The winner of the TdF's 20th stage today (by less than a second over **** ******), time trial specialist *** ********, apparently according to a commentator was doing 12-something mph in an aero-position on the 10.2% climb that's just 3km before the finish of the 31km ITT.
If you could do 12 on a long 10% climb, this whole question wouldn't apply. But even at that speed, Strava estimates wouldn't be that bad, because of the sheer amount of power needed to lift your weight that quickly for that distance, which is very easy to figure out.