Zone 7: the road to Winnats

ugo.santalucia

More vanity shots...

mrb123

What was the weight of your bike for the event Ugo?

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mrb123 said:

What was the weight of your bike for the event Ugo?

non competitive... around 7.2-7.4kg... most people have 5-6 kg bikes. Problem is 1 kg would probably save me 2 seconds, which means in this case one place up... at a hefty cost

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keeps getting better...

MidlandsGrimpeur2

Good interview with Tom Bell. FTP at 5.9 w/kg and a VO2 max of 90+ apparently. This is what you have to aim for next year Ugo!

https://cyclingweekly.com/news/week-in-training-how-tom-bell-prepared-for-the-national-hill-climb-champs

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MidlandsGrimpeur2 said:

Good interview with Tom Bell. FTP at 5.9 w/kg and a VO2 max of 90+ apparently. This is what you have to aim for next year Ugo!

https://cyclingweekly.com/news/week-in-training-how-tom-bell-prepared-for-the-national-hill-climb-champs

I read it and my eyebrows raised more than one inch.
FTP is fine, but I don't believe for a minute he has >90 VO2 max. The only cyclist who was measured with that value pre-blood doping era was Greg Lemond. All the others belong to the blood doping era of the 1990s.
With all due respect, if he has the same numbers of Greg Lemond, he is wasting his time doing hill climbs