If that's the case I think you're looking for a race with a flat run. I did IM Whistler very overweight and with a lower-than-average FTP (two months before were... lacking.) and still placed well within my AG just because I had a relatively even power distribution. The run is very flat, and were I in shape it would have been a fantastic and easy run to do.

Look at course profiles. Hillier ones are generally prettier, and a flat follow-up is very welcome.

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This largely depends on P/weight vs. P/CdA. If you're heavy but you can push big watts and "flatten" the course like that to vi<1.05, it probably doesn't matter which course you're on. That said, I would still imagine a flatter course should favor you because reducing drag will pay huge dividends with a big motor, but not everyone can get a CdA < 0.21. Or maybe you can't without spending alot of time working on details, and some folks just don't enjoy that aspect. -J

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Assuming you're aero, flat and windy would be my guess.

^^^^This.

You may be able to ride at steady watts, but that has nothing to do with your weight. You are still going to go up a hill slower than comparably fit lighter competitors. Assuming you have a decent aero position, you should also be able to go faster on the flats than they can, even at a slightly reduced w/kg.
A windy course will enhance your aero advantage, and if you are a strong biker it has the added advantage of lengthening that leg relative to the others.

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This x2.

I'm 175lbs. I could maybe get down to 170lbs but that's about it. I got nothing on me to lose. All my miracle races where I kicked ass and rolled into an empty T2 have been flat and windy.

Then there was Whistler this past Sunday. Shit.....

I do really well againt big guys on flat windy courses. The wind is not a big guys friend

At a 190+ pounds I can verify this is true!

Perhaps a downhill course?

As a bigger contestant I have often wondered the same, but the truth is there is a reason that TDF hill climb winners aren't big beefy guys.

Rolling weight on a flat course is about watts, up a hill it's about gravity, which has a nasty habit of overcoming watts..

Wind is about aeroness. (if that's a word) and exposed area. Big guys can be aerobic


Unfortunately, bigger is almost never better when it comes to endurance, Usain will never do the marathon.
But, hey, I live in hope, why shouldn't you.