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Good work Seb, thanks for posting that.
Although high absolute numbers, when you look at them relative to his body mass (around 80 kg) they aren't that extraordinary. For example, for about the same body mass Jan Ullrich is over 500 watts, as was Miguel Indurain.
For interests sake, Cipollini was recorded at putting out 2,000 W in a max sprint. Would have been amazing to watch these 2 sprint head to head...
A total different animal a that level!
Sebastien Barnard <cyclingportal@...> wrote:
Here are revealing numbers for world road champion Tom Boonen, 25, of
Belgium, courtesy of his trainer, Peter Hespel. In the test lab, Boonen
starts pedaling at 100 watts. Every eight minutes, the resistance is
increased by 40 watts. He can reach 460 watts after 90 minutes (which, of
course, means he has just ridden for eight minutes at 420 watts after eight
minutes at 380 watts). Give that a try on your indoor trainer while holding
a cadence of 90 rpm. In a sprint, Boonen can put out 1,600 watts at 110 rpm.
His max heart rate is 195 bpm, his resting HR is in the low 40s, and he has
a lung capacity of nearly 7 liters. He's able to breathe an extraordinary
200 liters per minute at maximum effort. No wonder they call him "Tornado
Tom."
WOW!!
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