I have a screenshot from Wout’s Garmin at a training camp, where he did a 4h ride with a 20’ test after about 2h where he did 471 or 478W. Which is a 448W FTP. Perhaps fresh he could do a bit more, as shown in the numbers in Charlie cycling and carbs’ Youtube video.
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He said on a podcast his tour weight is either 76kg or 78kg, I can’t remember which one is was though.
I’d assume that would be an absolute floor though. Was it maximal? Was it in July? Plenty of middle of the road amateur 1st cats where I race with FTPs in the 400s so for WVA to ride away from the Tour peloton I just think he has to be well over 450.
All conjecture on my part though!
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I remember that YouTube video. Idk if it was fresh or not but it was almost 480w for 20. The big difference between middle of road amateur and world tour isn’t so much that WT riders have way more power but rather that they have way more repeatability, can recover from huge rides quicker, and can produce bear their maxes towards the end of long races. WVA had a perfect lead out onto the punchy climb, attacked, and then soloed away from the field for like 15mins in this years tour. He’s awesomely strong, but that was perfect team tactics to set it up and be delivered.
I think him, MVdp and the sprinters (who weigh over 75kg) can all do a kilowatt for 1min fresh. I looked at MVDP data from his XC data and he regularly spiked 30-45sec with avg power around 900 and that’s within a 1:20min race
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Hi and thanks. I’m 36. Took up cycling seriously again when COVID started but always been into power sports.
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Anyone have an idea of the lowest weight that 1000 watts for one minute has been achieved at?
Great - that’s an impressive milestone to reach at age 36 - extra Kudos 
Did Ed Laverack hit this? I think he’s somewhere around 65kg?
Pretty good! I did the math, that’s like me doing 807 for a minute, and although I haven’t given my one minute max effort, through normal riding I’m at about 600. So a ways to go!
Well done!
Thanks man, appreciate it. I have actually turned my attention to the 1100w minute now!! I did the 1000+ off of 2 or 3 weeks (loosely) specific riding/resistance off the back of a short crit season. This last few weeks so I’ve been hitting it pretty hard in the gym as well. Gained a couple of kilos but hit a big 30sec and 2min improvement this week. Im not sure I’m there yet but I think it’s possible soon.
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Looking forward to seeing the outcome reported back on this thread 
Ok so I gave it a try 2 hours into a ride last Saturday on a climb but it was to shallow, I cramped, and I was too weak anyway. Another low 1000w minute. Today I had a stab at a 1200w 45’ effort after a few sprints yesterday. I bettered my 45’ PR but didn’t quite hit 1200. Made me think though. If I can hold 1200w for 45’ which I’m confident I can, I still need to hold 800w in theory for the final 15’ I think it is achievable but not as close as I thought. Maybe a longer term goal for sometime this year.
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I can only do 793 watts peak power and about 400 watts over a minute but I only weigh 48kg and am 13 years old🙃
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If this is true, and you are a U.S. citizen, surely you’d be on the USA Cycling Juniors National Team. If so, please provide your racing # so that we can follow you. If you are not a U.S. citizen, please provide similar info. If you are not at this level, you should be inquiring of your parents to get you signed up to race competitively. Your #s are exemplary for a 13 year old.
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This last year I started racing bmx again and I’ve noticed numerous sub 1min PR’s on my road bike. At 70kg it’s not to bad although I doubt I could ever do one min 
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Here’s 24s at 1121w. The funny thing is it didn’t even really feel that hard (comparatively), it was just a right place right time spur of the moment and in the zone type of thing. The 30s power on this effort was 1060w.
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well that would still gap a good many riders. That’s a big effort.
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Oh definitely. Generally it feels a lot harder for less watts but for whatever reason I was just ‘on’ during that sprint.
Awesome. @K42, when you have diamond legs, you have diamond legs.
One thing also to keep in mind…if you ‘calibrate cold’ and ‘race hot’ the watts will seem to come easier. In this case, I don’t believe that’s what happened…but just for future reference. Sometimes relative temp error will give you a false positive & you can fool yourself into repeating certain behaviours that don’t actually make a difference. (see ‘skinner’s superstitious pigeons’)
Back in the day I used to do paid consultation for zwift racers. First on the advice list: put your crank arm in the freezer.
@Brennus It’s pretty lame someone would do that. To be clear, the ride I did that sprint on was outside under normal conditions.
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