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World of Sport

04th Jun 2015

WATCH: Olympic cyclist left exhausted as he creates enough energy to power a toaster

We'll just have cereal

Darragh Murphy

We’ve never wanted a slice of toast enough to go through this effort.

Olympic track cyclist Robert Forstemann must have been starving though as he exhausted his legs all in the name of a slice of properly toasted bread.

The German took part in a challenge set up by a Swedish student’s graduate project that aimed to examine the comparison between the amount of energy that humans produce and the amount we consume.

The students then explain that it would take 180 Roberts to power a car and 43,000 Roberts to power an airplane but, we must admit, having that many giant men on a runway as we were set to take off would make it very difficult to enjoy the flight.

H/t to Youtube

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Track Cycling