Originally Posted by
waterrockets
For crits, my best results have come from training the hell out of my FTP. Nothing fancy. That will give you the recovery strength you need from surges and accordion corners, as well as allowing your talents to show when the time is right.
I've started to see the effects of this already.
I've been getting stronger, and today I tried sprints while riding. Grants my power wasn't as high as it used to be (5 sec down about 150 watts), but after that effort, I was able to keep going close to threshold and actually recover there instead of completely blowing like I would have in the past.