Too good for Zwift races

zest28
zest28 Posts: 403
edited April 2020 in Indoor training and turbo forum
Thomas de Gendt was racing at 8.4W/kg sustaining 550 Watts, which was flagged and he got kicked out of the race.

Seems that some people are too strong for Zwift. Quite a shame because it would be awesome if more pro’s start racing on Zwift.

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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,226
    How long did he hold that sort of power for?
  • zest28
    zest28 Posts: 403
    kingstongraham said:

    How long did he hold that sort of power for?

    The entire 17km.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,226
    no, but seriously.
  • fenix
    fenix Posts: 5,437
    There's loads of pros on Zwift already.
  • dannbodge
    dannbodge Posts: 1,152
    It's because he wasn't registered as a pro (or something) so it flagged him.
    It's been sorted now.

    There's tonnes of Pros on Zwift, no-one is too strong for it.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,226
    Yes, but he still wasn't holding 8.4W/kg for 20 minutes in a zwift race.

    It's interesting to know what power and over what time caused him to get auto-flagged.
  • mpatts
    mpatts Posts: 1,010
    I've done quite a few races where that woudl have had him lingering at the back with the other D racers :D
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  • df3er342
    df3er342 Posts: 5
    I've played a lot of games, too
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,325
    8.4 W/kg for 17 km is not possible... not even for De Gendt, Wiggins or Addy Merckx in his prime...

    The reality is that 550/8.4 = 65 kg... and De Gendt is bigger than that...

    I am also not particularly comfortable with 550 W for 17 km, but that's another story
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,226
    ugo.santalucia said:

    8.4 W/kg for 17 km is not possible... not even for De Gendt, Wiggins or Addy Merckx in his prime...

    The reality is that 550/8.4 = 65 kg... and De Gendt is bigger than that...

    I am also not particularly comfortable with 550 W for 17 km, but that's another story

    well exactly.

    He probably hit 8.4W/kg when passing someone, but noone is doing those numbers for that time.
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,325
    In the days of Superman, maybe 7 W/kg over 17 km was a possibility, now maybe 6.5 W/kg at a push.

    I've seen a 10 mile TT on Zwift the other day... a few European athletes took part... the winner averaged 5.9 W/kg...
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  • angry_bird
    angry_bird Posts: 3,787
    Seen a couple of juniors knocking out 5.9-6.1 W/kg on some of these Zwift 10s. Nuts. Wish I had their legs!
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  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,325
    angry_bird said:

    Seen a couple of juniors knocking out 5.9-6.1 W/kg on some of these Zwift 10s. Nuts. Wish I had their legs!

    Heart, you want their heart and lungs... the rest can be trained
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    kingstongraham said:

    ugo.santalucia said:

    8.4 W/kg for 17 km is not possible... not even for De Gendt, Wiggins or Addy Merckx in his prime...

    The reality is that 550/8.4 = 65 kg... and De Gendt is bigger than that...

    I am also not particularly comfortable with 550 W for 17 km, but that's another story

    well exactly.

    He probably hit 8.4W/kg when passing someone, but noone is doing those numbers for that time.
    You wouldn't get flagged just for doing 8.4w/kg anyway, there must be some duration element. 8.4w/kg is easily possible even for someone rubbish like me, just obviously a very short period of time in my case. There's no way he did it for 17km though, unless his trainer was wrongly calibrated.

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