Christian Vande Velde - Tour de France, stage 18
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/102426972
Makes for interesting viewing, just shows what athletes these guys are!
Makes for interesting viewing, just shows what athletes these guys are!
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Interesting that the average power output is just 4watts per kg.0
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phreak wrote:Interesting that the average power output is just 4watts per kg.
Its only when you look at the power bests for different durations that it becomes more impressive.
1min peak -- 448W
5min peak -- 386W
10min peak -- 374W
20min peak -- 355W
30min peak -- 343W
60min peak -- 314W
Again, the numbers in isolation aren't phenomenal, but as part of a 6 hour stage after several stages already, they are rather impressive.More problems but still living....0 -
Oh yes, without doubt they are amazing athletes, but it does seem that pro races are periods of extreme pace punctuated by relatively easy riding in the pack.0
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The ones posted up from Farrar are by and large wrong.....wrong distances for the stages, wrong average speeds....33mph over 213miles ffs!!, and wrong top speeds....88mph on one of them.....I'd guess that that gps has been on a team car for long periods
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phreak wrote:Oh yes, without doubt they are amazing athletes, but it does seem that pro races are periods of extreme pace punctuated by relatively easy riding in the pack.
That's all racing. The average power is essentially meaningless, it's the big surges that count."A cyclist has nothing to lose but his chain"
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Average power for a bunch race is pretty meaningless due to all the coasting in the slipstream of other riders. Normalised power is a much more useful figure since it reflects the power surges required to stay in the bunch when the attacks are flying left and right.phreak wrote:Oh yes, without doubt they are amazing athletes, but it does seem that pro races are periods of extreme pace punctuated by relatively easy riding in the pack.
Juan Antonio Flecha's power data from the tour was a lot more interesting than Vandevelde's especially on the stage when he was in the break
http://home.trainingpeaks.com/races/tea ... rance.aspx
His best 5-min and 20-min power figures (and highest average HR) were unsurprisingly on stage 9 when he was in the break - CP5 493W, CP20 446W, AHR 137, AP 299W, NP 348W for 5:43.
His easiest day (excluding last day) was stage 7 - AP 172W, NP 241W, TSS 186 for 5:42, AHR 102, CP5 342W, CP20 314W
For reference, his FTP is estimated by Hunter Allen as around around 420W according to the TSS figures quoted.0
