bruce Posted July 10, 2008 Posted July 10, 2008 Stage 4 Cholet TT:Duration: 39:10:00Work: 862 kJTSS: 57.4 (intensity factor 0.938)Norm Power:375VI: 1.02Distance: 18.483 miMinMaxAvgPower: 0903367wattsHeart Rate: 104171160bpmCadence: 30146102rpmSpeed: 13.246.928.3mphHeadwind section:Duration: 24:28:00Work: 567 kJTSS: 38.5 (intensity factor 0.972)Norm Power:389VI: 1.01Distance: 10.493 miMinMaxAvgPower: 0903386wattsHeart Rate: 104171162bpmCadence: 64129101rpmSpeed: 14.241.325.7mphtailwind section to finish:Duration: 13:12Work: 267 kJTSS: 16.9 (intensity factor 0.876)Norm Power:350VI: 1.04Distance: 7.29 miMinMaxAvgPower: 0704337wattsHeart Rate: 136169157bpmCadence: 30146104rpmSpeed: 13.246.933.1mph
Willehond Posted July 10, 2008 Posted July 10, 2008 75kg I asked the same question! ...but why is his Intensity factor less than one for a 39min TT? Slacker!
bruce Posted July 10, 2008 Author Posted July 10, 2008 http://www.highroadsports.com/team/16-Adam-Hansen
JasonW Posted July 10, 2008 Posted July 10, 2008 75kg I asked the same question! ...but why is his Intensity factor less than one for a 39min TT? Slacker! Good point! David Millar averaged 400w for a 36 min TT by way of comparison (www.saris.com)
bruce Posted July 10, 2008 Author Posted July 10, 2008 75kg I asked the same question! ...but why is his Intensity factor less than one for a 39min TT? Slacker! He he, you try riding a 39min TT at around IF = 1 when your TSB is -64 (I estimate). Especially when you aren't a GC contender.
nochain Posted July 10, 2008 Posted July 10, 2008 Bruce if that norm power is the correct data then he must be less than 75kg??Maybe more like 65kg??
bruce Posted July 10, 2008 Author Posted July 10, 2008 Bruce if that norm power is the correct data then he must be less than 75kg?? Maybe more like 65kg?? Why do you say that? NP is not related to weight in any way.
nochain Posted July 10, 2008 Posted July 10, 2008 If he's weight is 75kg he's power to weight for the TT would be 5watts per kg.Would that not be very low for a euro pro?? He's ftp would also be 5.33 watts per kg.
bruce Posted July 10, 2008 Author Posted July 10, 2008 If he's weight is 75kg he's power to weight for the TT would be 5watts per kg.Would that not be very low for a euro pro?? He's ftp would also be 5.33 watts per kg. To be able to do that after 3 days of riding 5 hours at over 300w, that is the difference. The numbers do seem to be quite achievable, what amazes me is their ability to produce them day after day for such long periods of time. Main GC contenders are in the vacinity of 6w/kg. When Landis won, he was 68kg and FTP 400w - so 5.88w/kg.
nochain Posted July 10, 2008 Posted July 10, 2008 O ok!!I would have thought that Power to weight for a Tour rider would be higher than 5.33.Don't we have a lot of pro's in this country at that figure?
jabbathemutt007 Posted July 10, 2008 Posted July 10, 2008 O ok!!I would have thought that Power to weight for a Tour rider would be higher than 5.33.Don't we have a lot of pro's in this country at that figure? I doubt if he was riding at 100%. He is a domestique, he was probably saving his legs for later, most of the sprinters other than Hunter were.
bruce Posted July 10, 2008 Author Posted July 10, 2008 O ok!!I would have thought that Power to weight for a Tour rider would be higher than 5.33. Don't we have a lot of pro's in this country at that figure? I doubt if he was riding at 100%. He is a domestique' date=' he was probably saving his legs for later, most of the sprinters other than Hunter were.[/quote'] Agreed, only GC contenders and TT specialists that are looking for a stage win would go flat out. 5.33w/kg is quite a surprise, there are certainly people in S.A. with those kinds of numbers - even Andrew Mclean is up there with those numbers. However, the sheer fitness of these guys is what really amazes me.
JasonW Posted July 10, 2008 Posted July 10, 2008 From what I've read it appears that power outputs are starting to drop, the implication being that the sport is becoming cleaner. If so, the riders could be riding more conseravtively, knowing that there is no loner a 'magic bullet' at the end of each day's racing!
Willehond Posted July 10, 2008 Posted July 10, 2008 From what I've read it appears that power outputs are starting to drop' date=' the implication being that the sport is becoming cleaner. If so, the riders could be riding more conseravtively, knowing that there is no loner a 'magic bullet' at the end of each day's racing![/quote'] Damn, just when I'm too old...
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