Live Power Data from TdF

[bruce]

Check out the live data on the riders while they are riding:

 

http://www.trainingpeaks.com/2007tourdata.asp

 

Really interesting to see.  And you can see their live position using GPS coordinates and Google Earth - really cool!!

[Jason]

Thanks bruce!

I got live data yesterday at Northern Farm... Let's build the picture quick:

I was cruising a long enjoying my first MTB experience, admiring the birds, the sun, the dams and rivers and all the lovely things nature provides when all of a sudden Crux pulls up next to me and says: Oh btw I only hit 1300 and something watts today...

Thanks BIG guy... my energy levels dropped right there...

[bruce]

Crux is going to be a marked man when he races!

[Marco]

Hiya Brucy,

any chance you can get us all a copy of Fabian C's prologue stats??

that mustve been the most awesome prologue i have ever seen!!

F#@$##@$CK - damn!!!

 

 

[bruce]

Hiya Brucy' date='

any chance you can get us all a copy of Fabian C's prologue stats??

that mustve been the most awesome prologue i have ever seen!!

F#@$##@$CK - damn!!!

 

 

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I hope so - CSC ride with SRM's so we may just be able to get it!

 

Agreed - isn't it amazing how fast he looked - even though he is 12 seconds faster over 9 minutes, you can just see that he is going F$%king fast!

 

Using online wattage calculators - to do 55km/h on a TT bike he would need to be pushing around 630watts for 9 minutes!!

[Jason]

bruce, I was looking through a few pics of Fabian (I have no choice Maria Sharapova got knocked out of Wimbledon so there are no pics of her ) in the prologue and it doesn't look like he was using a power meter. What site do you use to calculate the more or less power stats?

[bruce]

One of the easier ones to use, but it doesn't have all the options like disc wheels etc

 

http://www.kreuzotter.de/english/espeed.htm

 

[nochain]

That was amazing!!

I just don't understand why he kept on trying to ride he's bike up the Motorbike dude's ass!!! 

 

Bruce I tought it would have been even more,he is a big guy!!!

[bruce]

That was amazing!!

I just don't understand why he kept on trying to ride he's bike up the Motorbike dude's ass!!! 

 

Bruce I tought it would have been even more' date='he is a big guy!!!

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He was getting as much draft from the bike as possible.  At that speed it would have made a huge difference.

 

On such a flat course rider weight is not as much a factor as aerodynamics and pure power output.

[Jason]

On such a flat course rider weight is not as much a factor as aerodynamics and pure power output.

So what you saying is... A chap that pushes over 1300 - 1400 watts at training should do this in around 8 minutes or so or even less? So someone I know could if they really wanted to, be the next world TT champ  Sweet... Jason2007-07-09 03:14:20

[bruce]

On such a flat course rider weight is not as much a factor as aerodynamics and pure power output.

So what you saying is... A chap that pushes over 1300 - 1400 watts at training should do this in around 8 minutes or so or even less? So someone I know could if they really wanted to' date=' be the next world TT champ  Sweet... [/quote']

 

Yes, he just has the small matter of converting 5sec power to 10 minute power

[Jason]

 

Yes' date=' he just has the small matter of converting 5sec power to 10 minute power

[/quote'] bruce, believe me... that 5 second power band has increased... I was belting down at Northern Farm and it felt like I had one of these on my a$$ at 6 'o clock

http://www.12-weeks.co.za/images/cruxmis.JPG

[BikeMax]

 

Hiya Brucy' date='

any chance you can get us all a copy of Fabian C's prologue stats??

that mustve been the most awesome prologue i have ever seen!!

F#@$##@$CK - damn!!!

 

 

[/quote']

 

Dr Allen Lim estimated ~543w for Cancellara (just under 7w/kg) and about 460w for Kloden (just over 7w/kg)

 

[madmarc]

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