Originally Posted by
MinnMan
Originally Posted by
rubiksoval
Same as good amateur sprinters.
Is that right? The strongest guy I ride with regularly hits 1200 or 1300 watts on his sprints, but that's 5-10 seconds. He's a cat 3 on his way to cat 2, but that's a LONG way off from 1000+ watts for more than a minute. What are typical 1 minute watts for an amateur cat 1/2 crit sprint?
No one's doing 1000 watts for a minute in a sprint at the end of a race, but stuff like this:
hitting 1,480w on his way to his maiden Grand Tour victory at the 2018 Giro.
With average of 1070w over the 17-second sprint,
and this
average power of 1,100w for the 16-second sprint that concluded the stage, hitting a max of 1,310w
and this
The Colombian surged ahead of Sagan with a 1,200w effort for 22 seconds, hitting a maximum output of 1,440w.
are the type of sprint performances you can find even in cat 3/4 races (except for the 1200 for 22 seconds, that's tough) from the better sprinters.
The difference, as mentioned, is when and after what they occur.
Looking at one minute power of a cat 1/2 in a sprint doesn't really tell you anything unless it's a super long, drawn-out uphill sprint, as everyone is trying to draft and negotiate packs/corners/etc for most of that last minute.