6.1W/kg for 36 minutes. That’s what Sepp Kuss did up Alpe d’Huez in the 2022 Tour de France to set the Strava KOM. But what would happen if we rode at that pace? How long can we keep up with the fastest cyclists in the world on an epic climb? Manon, Si, Conor, Hank and hill climb king Andrew Feather take on a virtual Sepp in an Alpe du Zwift challenge to find out!
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20 Comments
How long can you hold 6.1W/kg? 👀🚴
20 seconds sounds about right.
Juicy twiggy
Andrew is so strong. I would like to see that effort on the real climb.
What? No real road, no real rider? Didnt really happen then did it? Pretty sure altitude and having to actually steer to stay on the road makes a difference
love it, Andrew is insane. My physiology background would love to see his VO2 data
Good one Manon. Can we just stop calling Andrew Feather Andrew Feather, put a white helmet and black sunglasses on him from now on and call him "The Twig"?
Ahora hazlo pero habiendo recorrido 150 km antes…..
Wonder what power meter Andrew was using. Not doubting his ability but my smart trainer puts out about 20w higher than my dual sided pedals (the latter probably being far more accurate)
Andrew is incredible – why isn't he on a World Tour team? Love the way he can hold a conversation whilst producing an insane amount of watts! Chapeau Sir
Drug free sport 😂
Also you have to consider the lack of O2 at altitude.
i dont understand. how did Feather do? results? he seemed to be as good as the pdf pros. whats the phone call about?
Let's set the pace but the climb in Europe is a baby climb compare the climb in the Philippines.
This show would be pretry good if it weren't for all the crap music.
That was amazing. Sepp is a beast❤
41 seconds, during a strenght-power interval training 😀
hey guys, just for comparison: kipchoge had an output of 345w for his sub 2 hours marathon run.
Not only that, but these presenters made their best effort KNOWING that they didn’t actually have to finish the ride! Except for Andrew, it was almost their best long sprint vs Seth Kuss on a steep grade 😮
Is Andrew human?