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hippy
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...