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chicanery
Jun 26, 08 9:54
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Another nice showing for Bjorn Andersson with a 6th place finish at his national TT. 51km apparently, and probably a bit of climbing as well given the winning average speed.
1 Fredrik Ericsson (Team Cykelcity) 1.06.14.8 (46.2 km/h)
2 Gustav Larsson (Skoghalls CK - Hammarö/Team CSC) 0.25.3
3 Thomas Lövkvist (Team Cykelcity/Team High Road) 0.33.7
4 Johan Lindgren (Team Cykelcity) 2.04.2
5 Marcus Ljungqvist (Falu CK/Team CSC) 2.30.7
6 Björn Andersson (Borås CA) 3.04.6
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Jun 26, 08 10:11
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FYI, the winner posted on the wattage forum (which confirms the hilliness, but also provides some nice power numbers):
I just got home from the national (swedish) TT championships today and still have my Power Control in the team bus (so no WKO data) and havn't read your whole article yet. BUT, this is very interesting and could answer a question that arised among the medalists after the race...
51km rather hilly course (200m difference in altitude between lowest and highets point):
1. Fredrik Ericsson, CK Cykelcity.se, 1:06,15 (76kg and 405W avg)
2. Gustav Larsson, Team CSC, 1:06,40 (77-78km, no data but usually TT's at around 420-440W)
3. Tomas Lövkvist, Team High Road 1:06,47 (71-72kg and 419W avg)
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Jun 26, 08 10:15
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Congrats B!
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Jun 26, 08 10:18
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It will be interesting to see Bjorn's power output. If he was at his usual 80kilos, then he may have won the biggest power award. I'm guessing he was the biggest guy out there, but you never know, some of those Sweed's are pretty big for bike racers...Hopefully he got through this years race without a flat, like last years....Come on Bjorn, RR on the TT here.....
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Jun 27, 08 9:41
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Still waiting for a RR Bjorn, and give us a little bit of inside info on your Lake Placid prep. Maybe you have been on a plane on your way over here....
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Jun 27, 08 10:05
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I'm surprised Gustav Larssen didn't win! I'm a fan of his. Fine rider.
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chicanery
Jun 27, 08 10:17
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How does he handle the hillier TTs? Perhaps it was a wheel choice issue given the fairly low average speed.
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Jun 27, 08 10:30
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What really matters on ST is who puts up the biggest wattage number...it is like Bench press in high school....now if I could just push 400W for more than a minute....OK back to my small guy 250W world...that's like a Zone negative 1, single leg drill for Bjorn!
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Jun 27, 08 14:33
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Amen to that !
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Jun 27, 08 15:40
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Interesting that the winner had a substantially lower power/weight average (than 3rd place, at least), especially considering the course hilliness. He must have superior positioning and/or pacing. Assuming no mishaps, bike swapping, etc, by his competitors.
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Jun 27, 08 16:20
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I can't wait to see how he does at Placid. I can think of many reasons that would be awesome! Bjorn's a class act.
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Jun 30, 08 4:57
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I'm a bit dissapointed by this years race actually as I felt in great TT shape a couple of weeks ago but simply haven't been able to hold on to that since. very hilly TT course so maybe not the best for me against guys who have recently finished top 5 overall in hilly races like Tour of Switzerland either. No power numbers from me but I imagine with my weight and drag nr handicap I might have been up there in terms of wattage.
The road race wasn't the best either since Larsson(CSC) crashed in front of me on the steep climb with 50km to go and I rode straight into him and crashed as well. Got some problems with my front brake and then that was that..
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Jun 30, 08 5:07
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Larsson was 13th overall in the Giro this year I think so he handles hills pretty well for his size and though the TT was hilly it's no problem for someone like him. Part of the reason he might not have won was the shitty road quality on the course. It was by far the crappiest asphalt road I've been on with holes and bumps in the surface all over the road for about 25miles of it. The guy who won lives up there and have been training on the course a lot so knowing where to ride and how to avoid the biggest bumps might have played into it a bit though he also rode extremely well on that day of course.
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Jun 30, 08 5:12
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Bjorn, thanks for the update.
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Jun 30, 08 10:08
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now if I could just push 400W for more than a minute
ha ha ha. that's just what i was thinking!!
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Jul 1, 08 6:11
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I'm feeling brave today so I thought I'd post a few pics from last weeks bike racing if anyone is interested. To cover myself from the most obvious mistakes I do know that;
* I forgot to tape the valve hole on the disk.
* The rear brake cable is too long.
* I'm riding slow tires.
* I need a haircut.
* Seat is too high.
* The radio on my back could be more aerodynamic.
I'm sure there are tons more stuff that I've missed but I'm certain the collective wisdom of Slowtwitch will step in and point them out in no time.. :-)
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Jul 1, 08 6:23
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I'm curious. What are they telling you in the radio? In English, please...
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Jul 1, 08 6:29
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I'm curious. What are they telling you in the radio? In English, please...
Go faster you slow f***...
Seriously though, for the TT they're just telling splits and general advice like what gear to be in plus course info etc.
bjorn
Jul 1, 08 6:38
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Interesting that the winner had a substantially lower power/weight average (than 3rd place, at least), especially considering the course hilliness. He must have superior positioning and/or pacing. Assuming no mishaps, bike swapping, etc, by his competitors.
3rd place had slower equipment than the top 2 guys who were both on P3C versus his Giant. Don't know if that accounts for the whole power difference but should play into it a bit. Plus we also don't know how well the power meters were calibrated.
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Jul 1, 08 8:09
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that is such a wicked disc paint job.
was it just made for you, bjorn, or is that a standard option?
devashish_paul
Jul 1, 08 8:14
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I'll bite....what's with the water bottle....I thought this is just a bit over an hour in rather temperate Sweden...you need to go on the Kenyan runner program which calls for zero water or nutrition on any workout shorter than 2 hours :-) :-) :-)
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Jul 1, 08 8:33
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Great race!
If you don't mind I was wondering what your vo2max is. It would also be cool if you could give us some of your stats. So we can get an idea of what it is like to be a world class cyclist!
Hight
weight
max heart rate
resting
vo2max
Well take care and good luck at LP
cheers
bruno
Casey
Jul 1, 08 9:12
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I imagine with my weight and drag nr handicap I might have been up there in terms of wattage.
So you really won then.
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bjorn
Jul 1, 08 9:26
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Don't think the red Jet Disc is in production yet and I'm not sure if they plan to make more of it either.
bjorn
Jul 1, 08 9:35
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I'm no world class cyclist but my stats are;
Height: 188cm
weight: 82kg currently
max heart rate: 204
resting: 37
vo2max: Around 7l/min measured a few different times.
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