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Yeah, I just read up on that as well - but the pics I can find of that prologue don't appear to be the full-on track Lotus bike or superman position, so I can't imagine the aero advantages were that significant, so it still seems surprising that none of the great and/or doped riders who have come since could beat his average speed...
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Very unlikely, IMHO, that Chris Boardman was doping. He retired early from cycling because he needed to take testosterone for a medical condition and the UCI wouldn't give him a TUE for it, and he wasn't prepared to race while doped.