tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36139180.post116164043930160112..comments2024-03-19T05:40:22.017-04:00Comments on Sprinter della Casa: it's tactics, stupidAkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00430651087205849350noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36139180.post-1161717328118198912006-10-24T15:15:00.000-04:002006-10-24T15:15:00.000-04:00I should have posted something to the effect that ...I should have posted something to the effect that the wattage is a pro thing, versus someone who is not a pro, i.e. me. It's not a doping thing - in fact, I think that the power output (at least the wattage value) is well within a talented racer's grasp. The time the wattage is sustained could be considered suspect but it doesn't seem like it would be. I can sustain my threshold for a long time, it's just increasing it which is a problem.<BR/><BR/>Speaking of problems, I can't hang onto someone doing under 400 watts (according to Tim Unkert's interesting power graphs, taken off of a PowerTap, found here: http://www.timunkert.com/powergraphs.html)<BR/>Having sat on his wheel and getting ridden right off of it, it's an obvious lesson on wattage, training, genetics, and why I'm not a pro.Akihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00430651087205849350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36139180.post-1161714158448307142006-10-24T14:22:00.000-04:002006-10-24T14:22:00.000-04:00MG Technogym is just a team. Technogym is the trai...MG Technogym <I>is</I> just a team. Technogym is the trainer/treadmill company and MG is, well, another sponsoring company. They're an Italian clothing company. <A HREF="http://www.italianstyle.com/gb/mg/home.htm" REL="nofollow">Check out their site here.</A><BR/>On the power issue, I don't mean to disrespect your abilities, Aki, (you can still whup me in a sprint any day) but you know what it's like to try to hold onto the wheel of a fast Cat 1 on the flats of a Floyd Bennett Field race. And that's a local amateur racer. I wouldn't put it past a Tour racer to be able to sustain an output like Folyd's in the mountains as stated in Lim's article. (Remember a few years ago when that Italian doctor tested the hotshot NY pro (whose name escapes me)and his power output was in the "dilettante" range? Basically, a recreational level racer in Europe)Pros in Europe are from another species - even before you add the dope. That doesn't mean they're not taking something to make them go from merely superhuman to supernatural.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com