[image] Marcel Kittel reveals the power numbers and effort behind his most successful... The retired German sprinted has allowed his data to be studied to offer an insight into the demands of the Tour de France Pretty intersting stuff… When I read 88.5kg r…

I see he raced around 90kg. Just need to drop 7kg, add 170W to my FTP, find 700W on that 3-sec power, and travel back in time 26+ years :joy:

I’m honestly surprised that he only cranked out ~1900w at 3s. I’d love to see his full power curve.

His overall numbers are surprisingly low [image] Teun @The_Teun This study shows the demands of one of the worlds best sprinters in the @LeTour and his strategy to finish in Paris. https://t.co/qlDP9rwdjU [image] [image] 8:07 AM - 5 Feb 2021 44 …

I imagine that’s the effect of sitting in the draft all day and never really competing for the top spot outside of a handful of days

Thanks for sharing that. I was very surprised at the relatively low FTP and W/kg (for a WT rider…) I was certainly expecting much higher numbers than those. I wonder how the 3 sec power compare to other current and past WT sprinters.

[image] Data reveals some of the most powerful sprinters of 2018, and their numbers... Velon pulls together some of the stand-out numbers produced this year

This is really interesting to see and I wish more riders (or ex riders) would share their info. Not just the winners, but the teammates too, because there is an understandable obsession with W/kg amongst riders but you can be one of the worlds most successful riders at 4.9. I’d heard in the past he…

“Gorilla” is usually reserved for the other German sprinter, André Greipel :slight_smile: He uploads everything to Strava, his last two weeks for example: [grafik] [grafik]

It’s interesting how specialised cycling has become. Anyone remember Laurent Jalabert, who was one of the top sprinters. Then he had one crash too many and just decided to become one of the best climbers instead lol.

It seems, based on the attached articles, that it`s not the 3s max power that is the most important, but instead for how long you can keep your power above, say, 1000W. The top sprinters are all close to 20s. And that after racing for 5-6h.

Marcel Kittel: Gorilla Power

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His overall numbers are surprisingly low

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