Another day at the office for Big George
03-16-09, 06:21 PM
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Another day at the office for Big George
ghincapie: 290 watts average today for 6 hours 45 min. 6700 kjs. Ouch!!!tough day on the bike.
about 8 hours ago from TwitterBerry
Dude is strong!
ghincapie: I forgot 5200 meters of climbing as well.
about 8 hours ago from TwitterBerry
Dude is strong!
ghincapie: I forgot 5200 meters of climbing as well.
03-16-09, 06:44 PM
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Wow. My current FTP is set at 290 watts. I can only 'theoretically' hold that for 1 hour.
03-16-09, 07:38 PM
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There are no words for how ridiculous is is to average nearly 300 watts for 6+ hours. That is off the friggin hinges boys.
That's why he is George Hincapie, and you're not.
That's why he is George Hincapie, and you're not.
03-16-09, 07:57 PM
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I averaged 290 watts for a 20 min TT. That's what I had. That makes my FTP about 260. What's George's friggin FTP? 500? Good grief.
03-16-09, 08:12 PM
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It really is unbelievable. Not just George, but other pros, and even guys here like Dr. WJO and RacerEx. If I wasn't so stupid I'd quit riding immediately.
03-16-09, 08:27 PM
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03-17-09, 06:48 AM
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They're not riding around for 6 hours at 290 watts, based on the various training updates I've come across via personal websites and twitter tweets.
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03-17-09, 06:58 AM
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I wonder what 'Big' Jens Voight does. How long until the 'Big' tweet tweet thing blows over? Lance just tweeted that he's picking up his dry cleaning.
03-17-09, 07:06 AM
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03-17-09, 07:06 AM
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oops, typo
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03-17-09, 07:21 AM
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George has not only won a lot of big races in his day (including a Tour de France stage) he has successfully completed something like 11 Tours, and I do believe he is always in the top 1/3 of the field, finishing as high as 14th in the G.C. Hardest working man in bike racing. He's also a big man (175 lbs) for a bike racer, so I doubt there are too many guys cranking more watts than George.
Major results:
Hincapie at Saint-Flour during the 2004 Tour de France
1988
United States National U17 Road Race Champion
1991
World U19 Track Cycling Championships, Pursuit - 3rd
1992
1st, TTT, US Olympic Trials
1994 – Motorola-Magniflex
1st, 2 stages & Points Classification, Tour de Luxembourg
1st, Stage 3, West Virginia Classic
1995 – Motorola
1st, 8 of Chaam (Netherlands)
1997 – US Postal
1st, Stage 1, Setmana Catalana
1998 – US Postal
United States National Road Race Cycling Champion
1st, Overall, Killington Stage Race
1999 – US Postal
1st, First Union Classic
1st, Points Competition, Tour de Luxembourg
1st, Stage 6, PruTour
2001 – US Postal
1st, Gent-Wevelgem
1st, BMC San Francisco Grand Prix
2002 – US Postal
59th, Overall, Tour de France
2003 – US Postal
7th, Overall, Tour of Belgium
47th, Overall, Tour de France
2004 – US Postal
1st, Overall, Three Days of De Panne
33rd, Overall, Tour de France
1st, Stage 4 Team Time Trial
2005 – Discovery Channel
14th, Overall, Tour de France
1st, Stage 15
1st, Stage 4 Team Time Trial
1st, Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne
32nd, Overall, Dauphiné Libéré
1st, Prologue
1st, Stage 7
1st, GP Ouest-France
2nd, Paris-Roubaix
2006 – Discovery Channel
United States USPRO National Road Race Championships
32nd, Overall, Tour de France
Maillot jaune after stage 1, worn during stage 2
2nd, Prologue
2nd, Overall, Eneco Tour of Benelux
2nd, Prologue
1st, Stage 4 (ITT)
Red jersey after stage 4
3rd, Ronde van Vlaanderen
4th, Overall, Tour of California
1st, Stage 2
1st, Stage 5
2007 – Discovery Channel
1st, Overall, Tour of Missouri
1st, Stage 2
2nd, USPRO National Championships Road Race
20th, Overall, Tour de Georgia
3rd, Stage 6
24th, Overall, Tour de France
3rd, Prologue
2008 – Team High Road
Tour of California
Stage 3, Most Aggressive Rider
1st, Stage 7
1st, Stage 2, Dauphiné Libéré
Major results:
Hincapie at Saint-Flour during the 2004 Tour de France
1988
United States National U17 Road Race Champion
1991
World U19 Track Cycling Championships, Pursuit - 3rd
1992
1st, TTT, US Olympic Trials
1994 – Motorola-Magniflex
1st, 2 stages & Points Classification, Tour de Luxembourg
1st, Stage 3, West Virginia Classic
1995 – Motorola
1st, 8 of Chaam (Netherlands)
1997 – US Postal
1st, Stage 1, Setmana Catalana
1998 – US Postal
United States National Road Race Cycling Champion
1st, Overall, Killington Stage Race
1999 – US Postal
1st, First Union Classic
1st, Points Competition, Tour de Luxembourg
1st, Stage 6, PruTour
2001 – US Postal
1st, Gent-Wevelgem
1st, BMC San Francisco Grand Prix
2002 – US Postal
59th, Overall, Tour de France
2003 – US Postal
7th, Overall, Tour of Belgium
47th, Overall, Tour de France
2004 – US Postal
1st, Overall, Three Days of De Panne
33rd, Overall, Tour de France
1st, Stage 4 Team Time Trial
2005 – Discovery Channel
14th, Overall, Tour de France
1st, Stage 15
1st, Stage 4 Team Time Trial
1st, Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne
32nd, Overall, Dauphiné Libéré
1st, Prologue
1st, Stage 7
1st, GP Ouest-France
2nd, Paris-Roubaix
2006 – Discovery Channel
United States USPRO National Road Race Championships
32nd, Overall, Tour de France
Maillot jaune after stage 1, worn during stage 2
2nd, Prologue
2nd, Overall, Eneco Tour of Benelux
2nd, Prologue
1st, Stage 4 (ITT)
Red jersey after stage 4
3rd, Ronde van Vlaanderen
4th, Overall, Tour of California
1st, Stage 2
1st, Stage 5
2007 – Discovery Channel
1st, Overall, Tour of Missouri
1st, Stage 2
2nd, USPRO National Championships Road Race
20th, Overall, Tour de Georgia
3rd, Stage 6
24th, Overall, Tour de France
3rd, Prologue
2008 – Team High Road
Tour of California
Stage 3, Most Aggressive Rider
1st, Stage 7
1st, Stage 2, Dauphiné Libéré
03-17-09, 07:28 AM
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03-17-09, 07:58 AM
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03-17-09, 08:02 AM
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03-17-09, 08:11 AM
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03-17-09, 08:13 AM
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though who knows what amount of truth is in that statement.
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03-17-09, 08:13 AM
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Indicating that there are stronger guys out there who win more and bigger races and i wonder what their power is is obfuscation? I kind of think it's you, not me.
03-17-09, 08:17 AM
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Over the course of a career as long as Hincapie's? Not really too many g. He's had a helluva run. My major point is that if there are pros stronger than George, they are marginally stronger. Of course the difference between 14th in the G.C. and podium at the Tour is that margin, but it's not a big one. In other words if George averages 290 watts for 6+ hours, my guess the strongest pro on the planet averages 300 or 310. In other words, I'm sure George is pretty friggin close to that.
