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Professional cyclists are pushing the limits of what we thought possible. Vingegaard and Poga\u010dar put out some truly incredible power numbers during this year\u2019s Tour de France. In this series, we will take a look at some of them and help you understand just how much is cycling at Grand Tours still evolving.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Power-to-weight ratio is the ultimate measurement<\/strong><\/h2>\n

One of the most important metrics to understand if you want to have some idea about how impressive professional cyclists at Grand Tours are, is the power-to-weight ratio (PWR). Cycling is not only about the power that legs can produce, it\u2019s also about how much body weight and bicycle weight the riders have to move. If you want to calculate your own PWR, you can check out our previous article on this topic.<\/a><\/p>\n

This year saw some truly record-breaking power numbers at Grand Tours, especially by the two world\u2019s best Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Poga\u010dar. But to set the scene, let\u2019s take a look at one of our older articles from 2020.<\/a> We talked about Julian Alaphilippe\u2019s amazing time trial performance at the Tour in 2019 where he sustained approximately 6,2W\/kg PWR for 35 minutes. We also mentioned a fantastic Michal Kwiatkowski\u2019s near 6-minute effort at 6,5W\/kg in the final climb of the Milan-San Remo 2019 after racing for 7 hours already. These are truly impressive numbers but 2023 completely blows them out of the water.<\/p>\n

Col de Marie Blanque<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Stage 5 at the 2023 Tour de France was where we saw Jonas Vingegaard fully unleash his abilities to produce one of the best climbing performances of his career. Col de Marie Blanque is a category 1 climb 7,8 km long with an average gradient of 8,4% where the final 4,8 km are averaging over 10%. Here is a comparison of data from the same climb done in 2020 by Poga\u010dar and estimates power output for Vingegaard.<\/p>\n

Poga\u010dar (2020): time 24:28, average power 428w, 6,4W\/kg<\/strong><\/p>\n

Vingegaard (2023): time 22:56, ~6,9W\/kg<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Vingegaard at the Col de Marie Blanque. \u00a9 Profimedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Col du Tourmalet & Cote de Cauterets<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Poga\u010dar didn\u2019t have to wait long for an opportunity to show off as well because stage 6 included the mythic climb to Col du Tourmalet and finish at Cote de Cauterets. With a length of 17 km, average gradient of 7,4%, and an elevation of 2100 m, Tourmalet earns the \u201cHors category\u201d badge ranking it among the hardest climbs in Grand Tours. Vingegaard attacked 4,7 km below the top but Poga\u010dar stayed with him. Here are the approximate power numbers for both of them for the last 4,7 km of Tourmalet.<\/p>\n

Poga\u010dar: time 13:19, average power ~449w, ~6.8W\/kg<\/strong><\/p>\n

Micha\u0142 Kwiatkowski was the only one able to hang with Poga\u010dar and Vingegaard in the final climb to Cote de Cauterets. He was pushing 6,5W\/kg before he was dropped. With around 2,8 km to the finish line Poga\u010dar attacked and dropped Vingegaard to earn a stage win.<\/p>\n

Vingegaard: time 13:24, ~6.6W\/kg<\/strong><\/p>\n

Poga\u010dar: time 13:00, ~6.7W\/kg<\/strong><\/p>\n

Puy du D\u00f4me<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Incredible numbers kept coming in stage 7 with a steep finish at Puy du D\u00f4me that averages 11,5% in the last 4,5 km. Poga\u010dar launched his attack with 1,3 km to go to sprinting for nearly 30 seconds to create a gap between himself and Vingegaard. He managed to finish 8 seconds ahead of his rival. Here is what the approximate numbers for both looked like in the final 4,5 km.<\/p>\n

Vingegaard: time 14:54, ~6.8W\/kg<\/strong><\/p>\n

Poga\u010dar: time 14:46, ~6.9W\/kg<\/strong><\/p>\n

We are entering an era of 7W\/kg<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The first week of the Tour de France this year has showed us that Vingegaard and Poga\u010dar are able to ride at 6,9W\/kg for 15 minutes towards the end of a 5-hour long Tour stage. These are numbers that many didn\u2019t think would be possible without performance enhancing drugs. It really seems like we are entering a new era of cycling performance.<\/p>\n

The only thing more impressive than the numbers mentioned here may be the other-worldly performance of Jonas Vingegaard during the time trial of stage 16 of the 2023 Tour de France. We will take a closer look at that in the next article in this series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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