Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D.

Here are scenes from today's Paris-Roubaix bike race. The winner, Belgian Johan Van Summeren, averaged 26.17 miles per hour for 160.3 miles (elapsed time = 6:07:28). Riding 160 miles is impressive. Doing so at 26.17 miles per hour is mind-boggling. Doing so on cobblestones is absurd.