It's not me that's trying to pull mental exercises, it's all there for everyone to read. Don't bother responding because i won't be reading it anymore.
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That's your problem. You display an ignorance that frankly only one who has not ridden at a certain level and has gone full block under presure otherwise knows. KissesIt's not me that's trying to pull mental exercises, it's all there for everyone to read. Don't bother responding because i won't be reading it anymore.
Yeah - that was just my poor attempt at sarcasmWhy "good point" or am I missing something? Because basically I agree with what you wrote after.
I thought it was easiest just to compare VAM numbers, vertical ascent meters per hour. According to Strava he and Ayuso had VAM of ~1550 for 25 minutes. So we can just compare that to some performances form the Tour, Vuelta etc. for a similar length climb.
View: https://twitter.com/ammattipyoraily/status/1480315972556926987
It would be interesting to know what is the optimal gradient for achieveing the maximum VAM. At a certain gradient, the instability of a bike due to low speed, ineffective cadence etc. prevail over the wind&rolling resistance. Probably it's not so much an optimal gradient but optimal speed a cyclist can develop on a certain gradient. The optimal gradient for a rider is that where he develops 10km/h speed, for instance... That means that Pogačar (being fat and all) will achieve his personal maximum VAM at lower slopes than AyusoThe thing is that VAM is only comparable for ascents of similar avg. gradient. On shallower climbs (i.e. 6-7%) a larger fraction of cyclists' power is used for horizontal component of movement (and less for vertical) and thus less impressive VAM values.
It would be interesting to know what is the optimal gradient for achieveing the maximum VAM. At a certain gradient, the instability of a bike due to low speed, ineffective cadence etc. prevail over the wind&rolling resistance. Probably it's not so much an optimal gradient but optimal speed a cyclist can develop on a certain gradient. The optimal gradient for a rider is that where he develops 10km/h speed, for instance... That means that Pogačar (being fat and all) will achieve his personal maximum VAM at lower slopes than Ayuso
You can we are still in the off-season bar some random criterium type races in Australia and New ZealandSo much talk about the W/kg of a chill training ride.
Next time just swap Ayuso with Evenpoel and the data will be legit.
Anyway, it seems Benoot and Arensman 's times weren't that far off of what Evenepoel and Van Wilder did, so maybe those are simply "very good training numbers" but nothing more?
Noone is butthurt here - it’s just that you were making silly comparisons and “hinted” conclusions based on these comparisons. I know it is hard to believe but many posters here will defend common sense irrespective of the rider it applies to…lol at the amount of butthurt in this thread because not every effort of Pogi is automatically seen as a biblical miracle.
Here was my comment on Evenepoel's Strava record of the same day (i think).
Tadej is probably gonna ride Dwars door Vlaanderen too, as preparation for the Ronde van Vlaanderen and the cobbles in the upcoming Tour de France.
Source: Het Nieuwsblad.
Nobody would be surprised, because what cant he do.
I wonder if this is the best option if he's also going to ride Vuelta this year. Last season we saw he was subpar at the Euro's and a few races after that. He can't be 100% all year. I hope they're not going to spread him too thin.I am curious to see how Pogačar will manage his shape throughout the early season. He will need to be in good shape for the UAE tour but not at his best and then it will be interesting if he peaks for Milan San Remo, Ronde or Liège, although he will surely be strong for the latter.
I'm not sure in what shape he normally is in UAE when contesting it. Feels like he's trying to be 95% from March until Liege, then a regular Tour/Vuelta double and then yolo Lombardia.I wonder if this is the best option if he's also going to ride Vuelta this year. Last season we saw he was subpar at the Euro's and a few races after that. He can't be 100% all year. I hope they're not going to spread him too thin.
I wonder if this is the best option if he's also going to ride Vuelta this year. Last season we saw he was subpar at the Euro's and a few races after that. He can't be 100% all year. I hope they're not going to spread him too thin.