I tested it for you: Lepic Street by bike to beat Wout van Aert's record
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The record has been shattered: the king of the segment is now Wout van Aert, who covered the 820 meters of the street during the Olympics in 1 minute and 32 seconds. That's 32.6 km/h on an average 6.1% gradient with sections of over 9%. (Alexandre Rault/Hans Lucas. AFP)
Tuesday, August 5, 9 a.m. Pigalle is waking up. Tourists are drinking coffee on a terrace, others are taking photos in front of the Moulin Rouge. Two men are busy unloading a delivery truck. They are brushed past by cyclists on Vélib bikes who speed by, earphones in, without even looking at them. And there I am, at the foot of Rue Lepic, on my road bike, cycling shorts on, stopped at a red light and ready to fight.
Ten days ago , right here, things were boiling. Thousands of people were waiting in the pouring rain for the Tour de France to pass by and then screaming when Alaphilippe ,
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