Magwister wrote:
Chris Froome's race weight is 147 lbs (66.7 kg). I reckon in a straight up 112 mile TT, Pooley beats Carfrae every time. In IM Melbourne last year where they raced together...Pooley did 4:44:33 (after a shit 1:08:45...i.e. she cycled alone for a lot of it. She was 5s slower than YVV for best split. She was ahead of Steffen, Hauschildt and other fast cyclists) compared to Rinny's 5:00:58. The harder the course, the better Pooley will do, she is a climber. Melbourne was flat as a pancake.
You realize that Rinny is always in tourist mode in Melbourne? And how fast does Pooley go on the run relative to Carfrae when both are peaked (ex Rinny in Austria, Roth or Kona). I'm a Pooley fan (I really am, I love how she wins all those hard climbing races), but I think you have to look at the full performance, not just say, "Rinny has to learn to bike faster" As I said, she could bike faster by getting more aero, but she probably feels there is a cost to her based on her own tests. It's kind of hard to argue that much with a multiple time Kona winner for the formula that works for her....well until it does not work, so I guess that's what we're doing. I really don't think after all these years as a long course pro her bike gets much better.
