Good insight Grolby.
The focus on "FTP", which has about 18 different testing protocols, developed out of the early days of power meters.
We are told this is the end all of all things bike racing. If it is, then there's a bunch of us that need to hand back a lot of jerseys and medals.
Some of the best riders in the world have comparatively meager FTP's. I'm fairly certain that Cavendish has a lower FTP than Tony Martin, and a lower w/kg. I'm also fairly certain that Cav has won a lot more races. Including Milan San Remo where you'd think all that base and FTP stuff would just rule.
I'll go back to my old adage about it's not what the watts are, it's when they are.