Originally Posted by DrWJODonnell
Ok, trying to make myself feel better here, but while the HR and Speed make perfect sense for the Peloton (25mph, maybe 65-70% MHR) is it possible that the wattage was just an instantaneous wattage? After all, when most of us look at our power graphs, even though we may average say 200watts, there are spikes of 350 or 400 watts all over the place for a second or two. Wattage graphs are rarely steady other than time trialing or climbing. I ask this because I seem to remember a story about Flandis being in the middle of the peloton, keeping his HR in the 65-70% range and averaging 200 watts, over the 6 hour ride. (of course the article also said that 260 watts for 6 hours was no difficulty for him but still) It just seems to me that a good portion of the peloton likely have threshold numbers in the low to mid 400's and that 310 watts would likley stress most of them just a wee bit more than that.
Here's hoping I am not so lowly.
I've got some power data for last year's TdF in my notes somewhere. I went to a clinic by Allen Lim and he talked about all sorts of data and so I wrote it all down. As soon as I find my notes I will post the stuff here. He had data on Floyd, Lance, Basso and also numbers on the average tour pros. Not just for threshold power (ie MSSL) but also peak power, LT (ie 1mmol increase above baseline) and all sorts of other stuff.