This year we have published a few articles on the subject of training with power. Using the power meter software we can get an objective analysis of the season. As discussed before arguably the most important number for a rider is their power at threshold, in our review hopefully we can match peaks in the threshold with peaks in performance. Again, different races place different emphasis on different energy systems and therefore results might not be as good as expected if certain levels are neglected.
20 min power 2006
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| FTP development over 2006 |
This graph tells a very good story. Starting in November the rider could achieve 285-290 watts for functional threshold power. This is the best FTP week on week i.e. each point represents a week. As you can see this increased steadily over the course of the season. Some of you might query how there could be is such a rise of ~100 watts in his threshold figure over the course of a season. Normally an increase of 10% is seen as a big improvement. I can only say that this element of the rider was underdeveloped. It doesnt look as though this rider can exceed 400watts. If this is the case the only way to progress further from a power perspective is to increase the power to weight ratio. I know for this rider that this is the case and already underway! The biggest peak in power was in a good period of results and a number of very good performances occurred around this time (1st, 2nd, 6th).
Mean Maximal Power 2006 versus 2005
