Hi all, I did some more calculations, based on the latest data available (the 2000 Tour de France). Comparing averages : 1997 (n=170) : 1.79m and 68.75kg = 21.4701 2000 (n=162) : 1.79m and 69.13kg = 21.5308 I also did a breakdown by country (for 2000) : Country Sample % Height Weight BMI Switzerland 5 3.09% 1.79 66.8 20.8482 France 36 22.22% 1.78 67.03 21.1557 Spain 22 13.58% 1.78 67.86 21.4177 Italy 30 18.52% 1.79 68.9 21.5036 Belgium 14 8.64% 1.80 70.36 21.7160 Netherlands 12 7.41% 1.80 70.75 21.8364 Germany 9 5.56% 1.79 70.67 22.0561 USA 8 4.94% 1.80 72.13 22.2623 As Jonas Treebak has corrected me, Bjarne Riis did indeed win in 1996 and not 1997. I should have remembered, I was watching ! regards David Cowie Claygate, Surrey, England SA Cycling - http://sa-cycling.com Twickenham CC - http://www.twickenhamcc.co.uk "Never stop being a tourist" -------- View all messages at http://sportsci.org/forum. Click on the links to JOIN, UNJOIN, alter MAIL OPTIONS, or get INFO/HELP on acceptable messages.
