Road Bike Racing - Pinotti Wins Italian National TT...at 5.2w/kg

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Snuffleupagus
06-24-08, 08:43 PM
That's right kids, 5.2w/kg for 39 minutes.

http://blog.trainingpeaks.com/

What's the read on this? Doping restrictions taking hold? e-wang power chart totally off base? Guys saving their "A" game for something else?

...note the lack of negative splits as well.

ElJamoquio
06-24-08, 08:51 PM
That's it. I'm going straight from the 4's to the ProTour. Does anyone have Bruyneel's phone number?
waterrockets
06-24-08, 09:03 PM
contact@johanbruyneel.com (http://www.johanbruyneel.com/services.html)

Duke of Kent
06-24-08, 09:55 PM
That's right kids, 5.2w/kg for 39 minutes.

http://blog.trainingpeaks.com/

What's the read on this? Doping restrictions taking hold? e-wang power chart totally off base? Guys saving their "A" game for something else?

...note the lack of negative splits as well.

Hmmm.

Couple o' problems.

First, he's in his TT position. Good amount of power loss there.

Second, who knows if he's telling the truth about that denominator.

Me? I'm always perpetually fat and out of shape. At least when the competition wants to know.
bdcheung
06-25-08, 04:11 AM
What's the read on this? Doping restrictions taking hold? e-wang power chart totally off base? Guys saving their "A" game for something else?

...Italians not being very good TT'ers?
Doctor Who
06-25-08, 06:49 AM
God, that E-Wang chart is the bane of my existence.
Snuffleupagus
06-25-08, 06:53 AM
God, that E-Wang chart is the bane of my existence.

Not if you can win a national championship TT at 5.2w/kg for 39 minutes it's not!
waterrockets
06-25-08, 07:00 AM
Didn't we have this same discussion when Pinotti won a TT earlier in the season? He must have a really good position, or his W/cm of height are really good or something.
ElJamoquio
06-25-08, 07:12 AM
contact@johanbruyneel.com (http://www.johanbruyneel.com/services.html)

Wait a second - would I be under contract to ride Bontrager wheels? Because that's a dealbreaker for me. Can I get a Lance-clause?

Or perhaps I should just start talking to Bjarne instead. I'll pretend I can't pronounce Bjarne and just start calling him Baldy.
Hocam
06-25-08, 07:16 AM
Ceramic bearings.
kukusz
06-25-08, 07:27 AM
Ceramic bearings.

/thread
wfrogge
06-25-08, 07:31 AM
The w/kg chart is totaly BS.... (because my w/kg for 1 hour is low :) )
Bnjmn
06-25-08, 07:52 AM
Did you guys look at the power chart? It was a tight course and sizzling at 95 degrees. He still averaged over 50 km/h.
Also, this isn't climbing, so w/kg isn't king...
wfrogge
06-25-08, 08:04 AM
Did you guys look at the power chart? It was a tight course and sizzling at 95 degrees. He still averaged over 50 km/h.
Also, this isn't climbing, so w/kg isn't king...

Thats a cool summer day in my neck of the woods.... He needs to HTFU