I seem to remember that problem number 1 in the little book, “Cavendish Problems in Classical Physics”, written by Professor Brian Pippard in the late sixties or early seventies, related to a cyclist travelling along the road at a certain speed and using a certain amount of power to keep going. A crosswind of such and such develops, and the question is, “By how much must the cyclist’s power output increase to maintain the same speed”. “Cavendish problems” seems an oddly prescient title.
Anyway, good luck to him today. Just one step away – so near and yet so far!!