I meant that your bike time was about 7 minutes slower than mine, over the 18 mile race distance.
I don't think you need to get to 220W ftp.
You should be able to race easily at 190W for a sprint with that ftp of 220, equals about 3.1 W/Kg.
I race 230 W, equals 2.67 W/Kg.
For you to reach the same power output / weight as me, you only needed 163 W in that race. That's 93%, which is definitely not impossible.
That shows that going just off FTP, you should've been a lot closer. Which in turn means that you have a lot to gain with aero improvement and bike handling.
Just for clarity, this is solely comparing the same 18 mile ride we both did in the same race, and supposing your target average speed would be my actual speed, 24 mph average
NO
I don't think you need to get to 220W ftp.
You should be able to race easily at 190W for a sprint with that ftp of 220, equals about 3.1 W/Kg.
I race 230 W, equals 2.67 W/Kg.
For you to reach the same power output / weight as me, you only needed 163 W in that race. That's 93%, which is definitely not impossible.
That shows that going just off FTP, you should've been a lot closer. Which in turn means that you have a lot to gain with aero improvement and bike handling.
Just for clarity, this is solely comparing the same 18 mile ride we both did in the same race, and supposing your target average speed would be my actual speed, 24 mph average
NO
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Alabama Viking: Jun 4, 18 18:43