Visma's Michel Hessmann runs half marathon in rapid time whilst awaiting verdict for positive doping test
CyclingSaturday, 13 April 2024 at 23:30
Not being seen in the peloton since the 2023 World Championships in Glasgow, Team Visma | Lease a Bike's Michel Hessman is keeping fit and active in his absence from the World Tour.
A controversial absence, the 23-year-old German is currently awaiting a verdict after testing positive for a diuretic during the 2023 Giro d'Italia, something Team Visma | Lease a Bike boss, Richard Plugge previously insisted “It appears to have been a contamination," when discussing the case back in January on the RadioCycling podcast.
Hessman though is clearly in incredibly good shape, as he posted a half marathon to his Strava account in the rapid time of 1h 24m with a blistering average speed of 3:47 per kilometre, as you can see for yourself down below!
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Cycling news sites really need to better educate themselves on running. While 1:24 is a respectable time, it's hardly blistering. I've run 3 min faster in my late 40's. Sub 70 min would be much more impressive.
The men's WR is 57:31.
Tom Dumoulin, Remco Evenepoel, Thomas Voeckler all ran much faster.
Jalabert, Armstrong, Olano, a few others and maybe even Adam Yates ran at least as fast but for twice the distance.
Michael Woods ran a sub 4m mile.
I had started a long list but the page refreshed :-(