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Thanks for the info. It's not the time I've seen such underestimations by MF Naichaca. He answered a comment on Twitter talking about some tailwind when people I know, on the spot, talk about minimal side wind and not really relevant. Also, the small inconsistencies on climbing time, distance and elevation that he has all the time are annoying. It's not that relevant, but it's pretty easy to correct and makes me wonder about everything else.
Figueiredo has nothing to hide and posts his wtf wattages on Strava, nice!Freddy Watts uploaded his time in the segment @Mayomaniac talked about which translates to ~6.64w/kg, way closer to my calculation than MF Naichaca's.
LoL. I cannot even hold 6 w/kg for 5 minutes anymore. While I'm old and was never very blessed with a high power-to-weight (or VO2), nice to know that I would fall off my bike from O2 debt within a couple of minutes of trying to keep up with this 30 minute effortFreddy Watts uploaded his time in the segment @Mayomaniac talked about which translates to ~6.64w/kg, way closer to my calculation than MF Naichaca's.
If you're holding 6 w/kg for 5min as a clean amateur you're already really strong IMO, nothing but respect if you did that a few years ago!LoL. I cannot even hold 6 w/kg for 5 minutes anymore. While I'm old and was never very blessed with a high power-to-weight (or VO2), nice to know that I would fall off my bike from O2 debt within a couple of minutes of trying to keep up with this 30 minute effort
As far as I know Frolov isn't interested in racing the Volta (sadly). He wants do do more and bigger races in Asia next year.
What do you think, could he have dropped Mareczko with those watts?
Based on the 22:22 (which is nearly 1:30m slower than Balarcon's record time) Figueiredo must've done something between 6.5-6.7w/kg. Mind you they did accelerate at Barreiro and pace themselves at Monte Farinha because Moreira was struggling to hold on. I don't think they could've beat Alarcon going full gas but Freddy Watts could've potentially been near the mythical 7w/kg.
IMO last year the team was even stronger.Based on the 22:22 (which is nearly 2:30m slower than Balarcon's record time) Figueiredo must've done something between 6.5-6.7w/kg. Mind you they did accelerate at Barreiro and pace themselves at Monte Farinha because Moreira was struggling to hold on. I don't think they could've beat Alarcon going full gas but Freddy Watts could've potentially been near the mythical 7w/kg.
DS's saying they were "lost for words" ("""Professor""" Zé Santos from Boavista) and "wanting to stay within the rules of cycling" (Jorge Piedade from Louletano) really says it all.
I promissed you this would still be nuclear and ridiculous. No one gives a single fvck:
Figueiredo's weight doesn't matter, the twitter user in question uses standardised weight for his calculations. It's about being able to accurately compare performances, not predict actual outputs.
Can you please elaborate regarding the formula used then? I'm not sure I understand how the standardized weight formula works.
Based on the 22:22 (which is nearly 2:30m slower than Balarcon's record time) Figueiredo must've done something between 6.5-6.7w/kg. Mind you they did accelerate at Barreiro and pace themselves at Monte Farinha because Moreira was struggling to hold on. I don't think they could've beat Alarcon going full gas but Freddy Watts could've potentially been near the mythical 7w/kg.
DS's saying they were "lost for words" ("""Professor""" Zé Santos from Boavista) and "wanting to stay within the rules of cycling" (Jorge Piedade from Louletano) really says it all.
I promissed you this would still be nuclear and ridiculous. No one gives a single fvck:
One correction, they went nearly 1:30 slower than Alarcon's record (20:55 in 2017, in 2018 he did 21:05). I think today a fresh Figueiredo going all out only on the final climb could have gone at least 1min faster, if not more. Maybe not Balarcon climbng times, but up there with the Veloso years.Based on the 22:22 (which is nearly 2:30m slower than Balarcon's record time) Figueiredo must've done something between 6.5-6.7w/kg. Mind you they did accelerate at Barreiro and pace themselves at Monte Farinha because Moreira was struggling to hold on. I don't think they could've beat Alarcon going full gas but Freddy Watts could've potentially been near the mythical 7w/kg.
DS's saying they were "lost for words" ("""Professor""" Zé Santos from Boavista) and "wanting to stay within the rules of cycling" (Jorge Piedade from Louletano) really says it all.
I promissed you this would still be nuclear and ridiculous. No one gives a single fvck:
Tbf, I've always said that a technical tt woth multiple climbs suits him much more than a flat one. Clearly not as crazy as that final TT by Rodrigues in 2019, when his TT position made Pogacar look like Dumoulin.
Nice to see Moreira back at his usual level after a somewhat underwelming climbing performance at the Volta...
Yeah, even last year the wattages were even wilder than during the Vuelta (I think I've posted about some of those performances before). Like actual Wild West stuff.GP Jornal de Noticias is non-UCI so it's shorn of even the flimsy pretences toward believability that you get in August
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