Originally Posted by
purplepeople
http://www.pedalmag.com/index.php?mo...l&item_id=4486
According to that article, he can make 600 watts. They tried some years ago with Jason Queally in a Reynard designed bike and got beat. Chris Huber held the top spot with 68.7 for a while but it is generally accepted that he was aided slightly by the bow wave created by his chase vehicle.
That sounds awfully low. Of course the question is 600 watts over what time period. I can do double that for the length of the 200 meters that's timed, and a Pro Tour sprinter could more than triple it. I would imagine however that most of the power output is in the time that it takes to get up to speed before the 200 meter timed section.
Nonetheless, I'm betting someone like Mark Cavendish or Tyler Farrar,with soem time to train in the position would put out a wholelot more than 600 watts.