Monthly Archives: July 2011

 Cadel Evans Tour de France winner 2011    Greatest number of wins 7: Lance Armstrong (Usa) 5: Jacques Anquetil (Fra) 5: Eddy Merckx (Bel) 5: Bernard Hinault (Fra) 5: Miguel Indurain (Esp) 3: Philippe Thys (Bel)> 3: Louison Bobet (Fra)> 3: … Continue reading →

Grenoble to Grenoble – 42.5 km      The moment of truth, can the Schlecks hold off Evan’s? The drag from Vizille to Saint-Martin D’Uriage has an elevation gain of 307 meters and is over a distance of 12.5 kilometers. That give a road  … Continue reading →

I can only think that Andy has his brother support tonight just in case of nightmares. I’ve had a look at some of the number from Grenoble in the Dauphine and last years TDF TT and compared then to comparisons … Continue reading →

All telemetry riders on Apl d’Heuz now, 350 watts + 500 – 600 on the bends. http://data.srmlive.de/TDF/ You can view the telemetry for a number of riders live!

I’ve just been watch some live telemetry from Christian Knees of Team Sky. He’s 80kg and 1.94m. a big guy but he has been sitting at over 400watts for the last 20mins consistantly. Today is going to see some real watss … Continue reading →

Modane Valfréjus to Alpe-d’Huez – 109.5 km         Km 26.5 – Col du Télégraphe (1 566 m) – 11.9 km climb to 7.1 % – Category 1  Km 48.5 – Col du Galibier (2 556m) – 16.7 km climb to 6.8 … Continue reading →

 Pinerolo to Galibier Serre-Chevalier – 200.5 km       Km 200.5 – Col du Galibier (2 645 m) – 22.8 km climb to 4.9 % – Category H       Km 107.0 – Col Agnel (2 744 m) – 23.7 km climb … Continue reading →

Gap to Pinerolo – 179 km       Km 71.5 – Côte de Sainte-Marguerite – 2.8 km climb to 7.4 % – Category 3 Km 85.5 – La Chaussée (montée de Briançon) – 1.4 km climb to 8.3 % – Category … Continue reading →

Chris Anker Sorensen’s SRM Data Weight- 64kg Functional Threshold Power- 400w Total Time = 5:16 TSS =303 Average Power = 259 Watts. Avg Normalized Power* =303 Avg HR = 145 Max HR = 175 Mean Maximal 1-minute power =488 Mean … Continue reading →

Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux to Gap – 162.5 km       Stage 16 will see the hardest of weeks on this years Tour. As if it hadn’t been hard enough snow is predicted over 2000m during the week and with the Galibier at 2700m … Continue reading →