Originally Posted by DannoXYZ
What's not obvious in that article is that while average power requirements is low, max-power is extremely high for the professionals and top riders.
That's because the point of the article has to do with force not power. Whether riders are exerting average, low, or high power, the force is low to moderate and so strength (maximum force produced by contraction) is not a performance limiter (sprint track events excepted).