One thing to keep in mind. A pro tour cyclist is going to have a p/wt ratio of at least 5.8 and higher at FTP or you're racing on a lower level.

How many pro triathletes have p/wt ratio's higher than that at FTP. let me list them for you:

List done.
Read it again.

The avg pro triathlete is going to have a p/wt ratio maybe at 5.0 and a hell of a lot of pro triathletes are going to be under 5.0.

Take a 70kg cyclist and triathlete one at 5.5 and the other the triathlete at 4.7 w/kg at FTP. That's a 50w difference which is huge.

Or put it this way, at the triathletes FTP the cyclist is riding at ~85% of FTP. You do the math and figure out how long that's going to last.

You know why guys like Kienle aren't riding bikes as a pro cyclist on the highest levels of cycling? Bc they are too fucking slow when they ride their bikes fast.

Look I think it's crap the ban is 2 years, 4 years is going to make a big difference I think. That's a long time to be away from high level sport. I also know that WTC has tested AGers in the past, at least at IMH.
But to think that WTC is going to spend significant amounts of money to test Age groupers, even targeted testing, is naive. Very naive.

But they are also playing by the rules set forth and signed off by every major NGB.

Don't like it? Stop bitching and sit for the BOD of your NGB and change it.

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Brian Stover USAT LII
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