I know I’m a couple of days late on this, but I just watched the show (Gotta love TIVO!!). I liked this little exchange between the three of them (paraphrasing):

Oprah (to Sheryl): I hear that you rode a big hill in Spain somewhere…

Lance (very proudly): She did L’Alpe d’Huez! That’s not a hill, it’s a mountain!

Sheryl: Yeah, but it took me an hour and a half. The record is 37 minutes, and I did it in an hour and 37 minutes.

Lance: But a lot of people do it in 2 hours and 37 minutes.

Oprah: And some people can’t do it at all…. So, Mr. Livestrong, how long did it take you?

Lance (with a big smile): 37 minutes!!

But here’s the question I have for all you research hounds. Has Lance ever climbed it in 37 minutes? I thought Marco Pantani’s record was 37 minutes 35 seconds. The best time I could find for Lance was 38 minutes 1 second…

Anyone know? Maybe he’s done it in 37 minutes in training. Does that count?