Wide Road bike tyres

I have been pushing wider tyres on the mountain bike side for a number years and it seemed logical that the benefits would be the same on the road. Velonews and GCN have made a great video explaining the benefits of 28-31mm tyres.

http://velonews.competitor.com/2016/10/bikes-and-tech/is-fatter-faster-gcn-investigates-the-wide-tire-trend_423823