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Old June 15th 21, 03:46 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Tom Kunich[_4_]
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On Monday, June 14, 2021 at 2:03:00 PM UTC-7, 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.

Inform us all how you know what Sagan is generating? Imagination? They have a video somewhere of a crit with a power meter overlay that shows a Cat 1 early in the race coming out of corners and generating 1800 watts and as the race goes on that drops down until the final sprint he can hold only 1,300 watts. But you are palsy-walsy with Peter Sagan and know everything about him. Even when he went into breakaways and was climbing with real climbers..
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