54ny77
08-26-2012, 02:30 PM
I'm not very familiar with power stuff, but I know that a guy doing over 1k watts to break away, holding 533 watts for a few minutes to stay away, then 460 watts for 14 minutes to seal the deal, well.....good lordy them thar's alotta watts!
http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/08/news/power-analysis-sutherlands-1049-watt-attack_236344
"The riders didn’t do the “full” climb on Saturday but they did complete half of it. You could estimate a grand tour-level time then as being 15 minutes up the section they rode today. Sutherland did even better! When Sutherland reached the base of Flagstaff, he had already racked up 4,292 kilojoules. Then he climbed Flagstaff in 14 minutes — a time definitely worthy of a grand tour victor!
This was not an easy stage by any means. Sutherland’s threshold power is right about 400W at this elevation, and he rode for an hour while climbing up to Nederland at 372W. He was really under pressure on that climb early on, just to stay in the breakaway. Once over the climb to Nederland, he had to survive the Left Hand Canyon/Lee Hill climb. Near the top of Lee Hill, Rory put out 472W just to stay with the front riders. Many in the breakaway were dropped at this point.
With Jens Voigt (RadioShack-Nissan) going on attack near the base of Flagstaff on a solo move to win the day, Sutherland knew he had to wait until the very base of the climb to make his move. Sutherland attacked hard, sprinting away at 1,049W and then averaging 533W for three minutes in order to create a race-winning separation from the remnants of the break. His effort was also aimed at catching George Bennett (RadioShack-Nissan) and Fabio Aru (Astana), who were still off the front. He caught them easily, then powered to the finish, averaging 461W (6.2 w/kg) for 14 minutes, to a beautiful and well-deserved victory salute."
http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/08/news/power-analysis-sutherlands-1049-watt-attack_236344
"The riders didn’t do the “full” climb on Saturday but they did complete half of it. You could estimate a grand tour-level time then as being 15 minutes up the section they rode today. Sutherland did even better! When Sutherland reached the base of Flagstaff, he had already racked up 4,292 kilojoules. Then he climbed Flagstaff in 14 minutes — a time definitely worthy of a grand tour victor!
This was not an easy stage by any means. Sutherland’s threshold power is right about 400W at this elevation, and he rode for an hour while climbing up to Nederland at 372W. He was really under pressure on that climb early on, just to stay in the breakaway. Once over the climb to Nederland, he had to survive the Left Hand Canyon/Lee Hill climb. Near the top of Lee Hill, Rory put out 472W just to stay with the front riders. Many in the breakaway were dropped at this point.
With Jens Voigt (RadioShack-Nissan) going on attack near the base of Flagstaff on a solo move to win the day, Sutherland knew he had to wait until the very base of the climb to make his move. Sutherland attacked hard, sprinting away at 1,049W and then averaging 533W for three minutes in order to create a race-winning separation from the remnants of the break. His effort was also aimed at catching George Bennett (RadioShack-Nissan) and Fabio Aru (Astana), who were still off the front. He caught them easily, then powered to the finish, averaging 461W (6.2 w/kg) for 14 minutes, to a beautiful and well-deserved victory salute."