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Is Your Sprint Weak?
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Is Your Sprint Weak? (Introduction)
You arrive at the end of a criterium
or road race and do not finish well.
Or riders jump at the top of hills or
before other obstacles in a race, and you cannot respond.
The bottom line is that not all weak sprinters have a weak sprint.
Check out your sprint fitness by comparing
your measured performance against top sprinters in your category as shown in
the Table below.
Where a professional sprinter might
develop a peak power of more than 2,000 watts of energy, and a Category 3
sprinter about 1,500 watts, only 750 watts may be required to win a Cat 3 road
race when the riders arrive fatigued.
Many riders consistently and routinely
sabotage their efforts before the finale by wearing themselves out
prematurely.
Savvy, relatively-weak sprinters may win
many races through two basic tactics:
1.
Saving their own energy
2.
Wasting others’ energy
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