Originally Posted by
DLBroox
Can you give a quick explanation of how you know their wattages? I've been watching the tour for ten plus years but am not a pro rider so I'm afraid I'm at a loss.
Up a climb you can get a pretty decent estimate just using Ferrai's method or CP method. Wind conditions could screw with this a little bit, but it's rarely incredibly windy on climbs
Fortunately this tour we can get an even better estimate, we've had Gesink so far hanging with the lead group, and he shares his power data on strava. So on a climb if Gesink is doing 5.8 w/kg, so is everyone else, +/- maybe .1 w/kg given the marginal effect drafting makes at the low speeds of the climbs.