Mathieu van der Poel!

[Vetplant]

831Watt for 48s - peaking at 1400W, nah nothing special to see here.

 

The numbers tell part of the story, this guy is obviously very strong.

 

As has been said probably 10 times on here already: It was his willingness to do the work to catch the leaders, even if that means he pulls some guys to the front, and still back his sprint which made this a remarkable victory.

 

What would be absolutely telling would be the power graph for Allaphillipe and Fuglsang from 36km to-go till 3km to-go vs their power output from 3km to-go until the final 1km when Kwiatkowski caught them. I'm guessing they both dropped their output by at least 100W in those crucial 2km which gave Kwiatkowski and the rest a chance to catch them.

 

The Strade Bianchi finish played the biggest part in making those two play Poker and overplay their hands, trying to bluff the other one into doing the work.

[DieselnDust]

831Watt for 48s - peaking at 1400W, nah nothing special to see here.

 

The numbers tell part of the story, this guy is obviously very strong.

 

As has been said probably 10 times on here already: It was his willingness to do the work to catch the leaders, even if that means he pulls some guys to the front, and still back his sprint which made this a remarkable victory.

 

What would be absolutely telling would be the power graph for Allaphillipe and Fuglsang from 36km to-go till 3km to-go vs their power output from 3km to-go until the final 1km when Kwiatkowski caught them. I'm guessing they both dropped their output by at least 100W in those crucial 2km which gave Kwiatkowski and the rest a chance to catch them.

 

The Strade Bianchi finish played the biggest part in making those two play Poker and overplay their hands, trying to bluff the other one into doing the work.

 

 

 

JA and JK were playing games with each other at 4kmto go already. by 1.2km they were riding a sub 5 Argust

[daveno7]

JA and JK were playing games with each other at 4kmto go already. by 1.2km they were riding a sub 5 Argust

 

still a thrill looking at the end of this race...

 

but lets drop this sky idea and MvDP signing with them...2 years of their "training" and ideas and he will be a ruined rider..i think this guy will have his career on his own terms like Sagan to an extent...

 

[Fred van Vlaanderen]

Arrogant??

 

I've been following him for about 24 months now, and I've never got the feeling that he's arrogant.

 

Please elaborate?

Normally, people who use double punctuation (??), are arrogant... ????

[Underachiever]

Normally, people who use double punctuation (??), are arrogant...

 

Whahahaa! Spot the triple punctuation after arrogant :-)

[Robbie Stewart]

Normally, people who use double punctuation (??), are arrogant...

 

But not as arrogant as people who reckon breaking the World Everesting Record is all about gearing and eating the food reserved for animals, and calling people names not meant for this forum.

[Fred van Vlaanderen]

Whahahaa! Spot the triple punctuation after arrogant :-)

Triple doesn’t count!! ????

Edited April 24, 2019 by Fred van Vlaanderen

[Kona Kula]

MVP Power curve for Amstel

[Shebeen]

MVP Power curve for Amstel

is this legit data?

can we see the final 6km from the bemelburg?

[Kona Kula]

is this legit data?

can we see the final 6km from the bemelburg?

Its legit, you can analyse the last 6km 

www.strava.com/activities/2307958367

[shaper]

Classics power play: The numbers needed to ride in the wake of Van der Poel

 

https://www.cyclist.co.uk/in-depth/6331/classics-power-play-the-numbers-needed-to-ride-in-the-wake-of-van-der-poel?fbclid=IwAR3_jXJXpPkUweHSR9nTLwk8VrJXJX8gC2TUfEFH0DLPYQEBG2mIDb9GwWs

[Ozzie NL]

Actually he's just Dutch. Very confident people so its easy to confuse this with arrogance.

 

 

"Arrogant" is a very misinterpreted word. It gets used when people can't describe Confidence  is a positive manner

There are only two types of people; the Dutch and those who want to be Dutch

[Long Wheel Base]

Its legit, you can analyse the last 6km 

www.strava.com/activities/2307958367

Why does you strava link send me to the first post of this thread?

[Kona Kula]

Why does you strava link send me to the first post of this thread?

I don't know. When i click on it, it does the same. Copy paste into new page and it works fine.

[Gandalf]

Why does you strava link send me to the first post of this thread?

copy&paste the link, dont click the link, its broken

Edited April 24, 2019 by Gandalf

[Shebeen]

Classics power play: The numbers needed to ride in the wake of Van der Poel

 

https://www.cyclist.co.uk/in-depth/6331/classics-power-play-the-numbers-needed-to-ride-in-the-wake-of-van-der-poel?fbclid=IwAR3_jXJXpPkUweHSR9nTLwk8VrJXJX8gC2TUfEFH0DLPYQEBG2mIDb9GwWs

 

 

Its legit, you can analyse the last 6km 

www.strava.com/activities/2307958367

https://labs.strava.com/flyby/viewer/#2307958367?c=u1h1j515&z=B&t=1Sl2-0&a=X6aQiQ69jonpVZeJPs-QiRHojYm9z46JuoSViX0Qj4kaspCJrbeQibMIkYmrKY6JTZuOiWpajYmC14yJNQygieO4lok7QMuJuwCTiVqzlIkmPo2JswKNidP1jInJBY2J-KGRiVL-qonRrpGJRPOUiRJIjokR7pKJvwPRiaoulYmLgo-JBZ2QiS0g4ok01pGJggWOiYTEjYmuoo6J_PmSiUyMo4lqNqeJV8SViWtclIk_-Y2JIsWQiQNMjomJQ5SJFKWNieEvj4k&s=6c

 

 

cool!