Critical Power Study of GT Winners

[jw1979]

Thanks for that Twitter link. Tucker himself comments that he thinks Porte's power is plausible, that he actually expected more. Regards 6.50 watts/kg for 20 min. in a climb the previous year as plausible. But clearly the latter figure is approaching the limit for him, because as I noted before, he said he believes 6.20 is about the best possible for 30-40 min. undoped. And AS disagrees.

Jw, if you can do 6.27 for 20 min. with 10% body fat, my advice is take some CB and join the peloton! If 1979 refers to your DOB, you have eight years to reach a Horner-type peak.

I'll just conclude that for a TT this shallow (and if there was a flat at the end, it makes it even worse), trying to calculate one rider's power from a known power value of a rider at a significantly different time is indeed difficult. As I said before, there is too much play in the numbers depending on wind resistance. I still think, though, that the 474 watts/kg value for Sutherland does not seem consistent with the values for Porte and Talansky.

Even if I could drop the final 8-10lbs of fat, I just can't suffer that intensely for that long. I'm too soft mentally for pro cycling and my bf is just a reflection of that. Most people underestimate what it takes mentally to get through those races. it's no wonder so many of them are abusing pain killers; quite honestly I would probably have to as well.