Comments on: The Season of Talking Tough http://cyclocosm.com/2009/12/the-season-of-talking-tough/ Pro Cycling News, Commentary and Special Features Wed, 23 May 2012 07:14:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: James http://cyclocosm.com/2009/12/the-season-of-talking-tough/comment-page-1/#comment-14503 James Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:15:55 +0000 http://cyclocosm.com/?p=2701#comment-14503 Cosmo, finally your writing again, and its something useful as well. Excellent piece. So tired of advertorial fare that passes for commentary/interviews on other sites - although fat cyclist was a hilarious recent discovery. I know its winter up there, but shouldn't that mean you've more time to pontificate, not less? Agree re Bruyneel, but someone was going to have to start it. As for the 6.7 w/kg being impossible, it works out to 469 watts at threshold for a 70kg/154pound rider which is huge but doesn't seem to stretch belief too much in my mind (although varying reports suggest LA only gets down to 72kg in July) for a GC rider. I recall watching Chris Sorenson's online powermeter figures when Saxobank hit the front at the bottom of Arcalis (or one of those early hilltop finishes) earlier this year to try and break up the field and he was easily in the mid 450s - although he only stayed there for about 3 minutes before blowing up. Keep up the analysis and commentary Cosmo, finally your writing again, and its something useful as well. Excellent piece. So tired of advertorial fare that passes for commentary/interviews on other sites – although fat cyclist was a hilarious recent discovery. I know its winter up there, but shouldn’t that mean you’ve more time to pontificate, not less?

Agree re Bruyneel, but someone was going to have to start it.

As for the 6.7 w/kg being impossible, it works out to 469 watts at threshold for a 70kg/154pound rider which is huge but doesn’t seem to stretch belief too much in my mind (although varying reports suggest LA only gets down to 72kg in July) for a GC rider. I recall watching Chris Sorenson’s online powermeter figures when Saxobank hit the front at the bottom of Arcalis (or one of those early hilltop finishes) earlier this year to try and break up the field and he was easily in the mid 450s – although he only stayed there for about 3 minutes before blowing up.

Keep up the analysis and commentary

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