Elite women's power to weight ratio
steve2021
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6.7 watts per kilo seems to be a figure widely quoted as indicating tour de france winning potential.
Does anyone know what the figures produced by elite women are?
Or for that matter good amateur male racers?
Presumably EPO has skewed the figures upwards for the top male racers (on the basis that there is probably less institutionalised doping in women's professional cycling), so the gap is likely to be wider than it would be in, say, athletics, where the amount of doping is likely to be similar.
Does anyone know what the figures produced by elite women are?
Or for that matter good amateur male racers?
Presumably EPO has skewed the figures upwards for the top male racers (on the basis that there is probably less institutionalised doping in women's professional cycling), so the gap is likely to be wider than it would be in, say, athletics, where the amount of doping is likely to be similar.
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6.7 W/kg for how long though?
For 20+ min at end of a tough GT stage, that's probably not all natually acquired power. For 1-hour power, no way. For women, top pros would be putting out over 5W/kg for 1 hour power.
See here for details on male/female power to weight ratios. The top numbers for each duration are anchored by best in class known data.
http://www.cyclingpeakssoftware.com/pow ... rofile.asp
In terms of maximal aerobic power (MAP), then world class women typically are > 22.7 W.kg^0.67 and the top intl pro women can be >25 W.kg^0.67.
MAP for the top men is typically >27 W.kg^0.670 -
Thanks alot - that is very interesting. I've just rented a powermeter so these things are on my mind!0
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Steve. Funny name for a woman.-- Dirk Hofman Motorhomes --0
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Yeah will if you ever see a Stephanie making waves on the women's pro circuit you'll know why
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