On Monday, June 14, 2021 at 11:03:00 PM UTC+2, Bertrand wrote:
Cat 1's and 2's often pull 1600-1800 watts out of the turns in crits. But you can watch those number drop ever lap until 800 watts in a sprint at the end of the race is good. I can only imagine what Pro's are doing. I have to ride 4 days a week of my power in the climbs suffers. and that is probably only 200 watts.

Mmmm. No. Not unless its a bunch of super-strong Clydesdale CAT 1/2s. Sagan is doing 1200-1500 watts in a flat sprint.

Here's an analysis of power data from Mathieu van der Poel at Strade Bianche:


https://www.velonews.com/training/po...trade-bianche/

In his winning attack to drop Alaphilippe with about 500 m to go, van der Poel
hit a peak of 1362 W, and held 1146 W for 15 seconds.


Those are incredible values at the end of such a hard race. I looked at my values of last Fridays ride in which I sprinted up an overpass close to home at the end of a 85 km ride. I measured a pathetic peak value of 735 W.

Lou