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Vollering’s effort on Mendizorrotz was exceptional: 6.4 ᵉW/kg for 10:18, the most impressive sea-level climbing performance recorded so far
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After a hard stage and a long tempo, Ayuso lit it up: 6.74 ᵉW/kg for 7:43 on the steepest part of the climb. The first 18 minutes, on 4–5% slopes, were done at ~5.8 ᵉW/kg with heavy drafting influence.
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Clément Berthet produced 6.56 ᵉW/kg for 11:28 minutes, with Martin drafting slightly more and doing 6.50 ᵉW/kg lanternerouge.com/2025/04/19/g...
19.04.2025 18:47 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Guillaume Martin won his first race in three years with a performance of 7.06 ᵉW/kg for 10:51 min lanternerouge.com/2025/04/18/g...
18.04.2025 17:06 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Ben Healy was in the breakaway and was by far the strongest rider, dropping Dani Martínez on Arrate and delivering the performance of the day, pushing 6.94 ᵉW/kg for 12:09 min lanternerouge.com/2025/04/12/u...
12.04.2025 19:58 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Almeida produced 6.93 ᵉW/kg for 12:25 minutes on Izua
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Lightweight climber Petra Stiasny dominated the event with a performance of 4.55 ᵉW/kg over 32:51 minutes, clinching her first professional victory. Given her weight of approximately 42 kilograms, the actual w/kg needed was closer to 5 w/kg. lanternerouge.com/2025/04/02/t...
02.04.2025 17:21 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
With hard pacing by UAE, Ayuso and Roglič averaged 6.80 ᵉW/kg for 19:11 minutes. To show how high the level is, Burgos rider Mario Aparicio averaged 6.45 ᵉW/kg after a tough and long stage, finishing 23rd ahead of Ben O’Connor, Sepp Kuss, and Carapaz.
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27.03.2025 06:37 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Soler was pulling hardest on La Molina, holding 5.93 ᵉW/kg for 21:09 minutes at altitude. At sea level, this would equate to 6.26 ᵉW/kg. The peloton averaged 5.78 ᵉW/kg after 4,404 kilojoules over 5:23 hours. lanternerouge.com/2025/03/26/r...
26.03.2025 18:40 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Del Toro secured the victory with a powerful finishing kick, setting a new Superga record. The UAE Emirates supertalent completed the climb in 13:17 min at 7.21 ᵉW/kg. 55 seconds faster than Pogačar in 2021 Milano-Torino
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The 22-year-old American climbed Col des Quatre Chemins (3.82 km, 8.4%) in 10:13 minutes with 6.86 ᵉW/Kg, increasing his lead over Jorgenson, who was chasing behind at 6.73 ᵉW/Kg for 10:21 minutes.
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Juan Ayuso pushed 6.79 ᵉW/Kg for 19:45 minutes after a long and hard stage. Given the conditions, this was his best performance to date. Assuming Ganna's weight remained 86 kg before the climb, this equates to 6.06 real W/kg or a little over 520 watts
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⚡New Watt Police Episode
We talked with Sports Scientist and Pro Rider Anton Schiffer
-⚡️2024 Zwift Academy Finals
-🚂Higher VO2 max = bigger engine, but not always better performance
-🚴♀️Optimal Crank Length & Experiments
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Almeida won on La Loge des Gardes with an estimated 6.57 ᵉW/Kg for 16:41 minutes. Vingegaard, who spent the most time in the wind, produced 6.59 ᵉW/Kg.
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Juan Ayuso climbed Col de la Grande Limite in 8:23 minutes, pushing 7.53 ᵉW/kg. He won Faun Drôme Classic with a 40km solo
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Fortunato climbed Saint Romain de Lerps in 18:16 minutes, pushing 6.50 ᵉW/kg. Before that climbers warmed up on a short hill with 7.50 ᵉW/kg for 4:30 minutes lanternerouge.com/2025/03/01/g...
01.03.2025 22:36 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Tadej Pogačar soloed to victory into a headwind on Jebel Hafeet, pushing 6.71 ᵉW/Kg for 26:53 min. In the 2021 edition Pogačar to win the stage needed to do 6.36 ᵉW/Kg
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Vollering delivered an outstanding effort for her season opener, producing 6.03 ᵉW/kg for 10 minutes and 43 seconds. Already at the level she showed in last year’s La Vuelta, Burgos, and Itzulia. She shattered Van Vleuten’s 2021 record by over 40 seconds lanternerouge.com/2025/02/14/v...
14.02.2025 14:31 — 👍 20 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 3
Adam Yates was six seconds slower than his 2024 time, with an estimated 6.72 ᵉW/kg. lanternerouge.com/2025/02/12/p...
12.02.2025 16:06 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The ᵉW/Kg on this climb was not high, as it was irregular and impossible to maintain steady power. With a huge tailwind, Gaudu averaged 6.77 ᵉW/Kg for 11:33 minutes to beat Yates, setting a time 19 seconds faster than Jorgenson’s in the 2023 edition. lanternerouge.com/2025/02/10/g...
10.02.2025 13:48 — 👍 13 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
Longo Borghini climbed Jebel Hafeet in 33:19 minutes with an estimated 5.00 ᵉW/Kg. Race leader Lorena Wiebes did her best on Hafeet but lost more than four minutes, averaging 4.38 ᵉW/Kg
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It definitely wasn't 500w
05.02.2025 12:38 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Pidcock produced an impressive 6.84 ᵉW/Kg for 10 minutes and 30 seconds, setting a new record for this exact segment on Skyviews of Harrat Uwayrid lanternerouge.com/2025/02/01/p...
01.02.2025 15:18 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1Probably. They all should be close but maybe one of them will make a bigger leap in performance
31.01.2025 20:40 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
⚡New Watt Police Episode
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- 💣Tom Pidcock better than ever!
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Pidcock produced 7.69 ᵉW/kg for 7:27 minutes and delivered one of his best pure W/kg performances immediately after leaving INEOS
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⚡New Watt Police Episode
🇪🇸 - Romo's epic attack and power numbers on Willunga Hill
🦘- W/Kg from women's Tour Down Under
🇸🇦 - Getting hyped for the upcoming desert classics: Saudi Tour & Tour of Oman
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Albert Withen Philipsen, at just 18 years old, finished 4th in a WorldTour race and survived the final big climb, producing 6.98 ᵉW/kg for 6:31 minutes. An earlier article about stage 3 of the Tour Down Under
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