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Re: Typical AGer FTPs? [smallard]
Front of pack age group males have FTPs from the mid high 200s to the low 300s. Call it 270-320 would cover 95% of athletes we call "awesome" on the bike.

Front of pack females are 175 - 225 or so.

Very large or small athletes are going to be a bit higher or lower, respectively.

At those power ranges, riders of average size and excellent position and equipment choices will be close to fastest or at least top 5 bike splits in the vast majority of local races. They will have one of the top age group splits at regional races, and in the high end of the range, they could have one of the top bike splits in their age group at events like Olympic distance and sprint nationals.

On the lower end, most males can get to 175 watts and most females to 125, unless they are very small, very old, or did very, very poorly in the genetic lottery. Combinations of those things will obviously work against you as well.

As you get older, of course, these numbers go down. Roughly to the extent that VO2 max declines with age.

So is 206 good or bad? Well, it depends on an awful lot, but I'd call it ok. If that is the highest you can achieve with extensive proper training, you did not win the genetic lottery.
Last edited by: FindinFreestyle: Dec 27, 17 12:06

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