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Old November 21st 03, 05:37 PM
William Belaforous Kelly
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Once again. Power is not the ultimate goal of a sprinter. Their
training reflects this.




Dumbass -

You are retarded sometimes.

Strength (no time component) is not the ultimate goal of a sprinter (or any
bike racer).

Power is (work over time).

A 'watt' is a unit for measuring power.


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Old November 21st 03, 06:17 PM
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In article , William
Belaforous Kelly wrote:

"warren" wrote in message
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Power is not the ultimate goal of a sprinter. Their
training reflects this.




Dumbass -

You are retarded sometimes.

Strength (no time component) is not the ultimate goal of a sprinter (or any
bike racer).


I didn't say that it was.

Power is (work over time).


A sprinter can win while producing less power over a time period than
their opponnent, and the winner may also be able to win even though
they aren't producing the maximum power that they can produce.

For example, Petacchi comes off Cipo's wheel and goes by him 100 meters
before the line and wins. He produced higher power than Cipo during one
portion of the sprint, but his average power could be lower than
Cipo's. If Petacchi acclerates and comes up alongside Cipo but loses by
half a wheel Petacchi did essentially the same thing with respect to
power but still lost. And don't forget Zabel who was out in the wind
for 100 meters longer than Cipo and only lost by a half a wheel.

This is why I say the ultimate goal of a sprinter is to get to the line
ahead of their competitors and there are various aspects of ability
(very high short term power[Petacchi], moderately high power for a
longer period [Zabel], high power for a normal period [Cipo]) that can
be trained and used to accomplish this.

-WG
 




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