Originally Posted by Warblade
Also, have any of you tested how many watts you guys can put out when sprinting? I don't remember what my exact wattage was but the head hancho there had a chart that correlated sprinting wattage vs. Racing level (i.e. Cat 5,4,3,2,1 - Div III, Div II, Div I, Pro) and I ranked at the Div II level. I was pretty impressed with myself. Now granted that was back at the beginning of October, and now I'm a bit stronger.
Yeah I have numbers for my sprint. I'm average in that catagory, my CP.2 is only 1340watts. Where I excell is in my ability to climbing which of course makes me a better RR than a crit racer. My goals for '06 will be to maximise the sprint that I have and to improve my TT'ing. To that end I participated in a sprint clinic with the number one ranked road racer in Texas a couple of weekends ago. I was suprised to hear that his sprinting numbers weren't as high as I expected coming from a guy who wins a lot of sprints. He said winning a sprint at this level is more about positioning and timming than brute strength. He said he's won most of his sprints by being the smartest not the strongest rider at the end. He gave me some great drills to work on that will help with my explosiveness and my coach has also help me with strength training in the gym.