martinvickers said:
He did the last ten minutes at 6.3 w/kg. By my limited understanding, such a short effort is feasible, no?
Yes, shouldn't be a problem. Vetooo says Talansky did the last 9 minutes at 6.4 w/kg.
Froome could probably have gone even higher for the last ten. We will never know, but he should have no problem outpaceing Talansky based on what I have seen of them both this year.
del1962 said:
Which would have been close to todays winner on Crans Montana in TDS
Yep only Froomes total climb is about 9 minutes longer. 21 vs 30 minutes. So whether Mollema could have kept up the same power for 9 minutes longer is something the tour might tell us.
Edit: Mind you those are Dr Ferraris formula. And it looks like two parts of the climb are divided. It's confusing, thats why I leave it to the experts.
Poursuivant said:
5.9 would not be viewed too suspicious, am I right?
I think the theory is that when you go past 6.0 w/kg for over the magic time of 30 minutes one should watch closely, and start sniffing.
But that is just a theory. However when you get up to 6.5 w/kg, alarm bells should be ringing.
But to complicate matters, there are also different ways to calculate these things, so be careful when reading these numbers. Vetooo did a comparison of the different methods and they give quite a lot of variation. But Vaughters seems to trust Vetooo's calculations, and thats good enough for me.