It’s a great thing that on Friday, for the first time, the USA Pro Challenge presented two yellow jerseys – one to the men’s race leader, Rohan Dennis (BMC), but also to the first leader of the women’s race, Olympic Champion Kristin Armstrong, in their inaugural Pro Challenge.
The stage was a 13.5km time trial raced in the mad, bike-friendly town of Breckenridge. The course was a tricky one, 3000m (9840ft), a windy false flat section, the steep 12 per cent climb up Moonstone Rd, before the ripping descent back to the finish in Breck.
When it comes to time trials, data can be an amazing tool. It doesn’t make it any easier, the hard work still must be done, but using a power meter as a pacing tool is a sure way to achieve your fastest time for your condition.
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Before a time trial or triathlon, I use an optimization engine called Best Bike Split, to model the fastest plan for the athlete by inputting all of their specifics, equipment choices, the course profile and the predicted weather conditions. The athlete will be given recommendations on how best to pace over the course.
On today’s stage, I prepared a plan for UnitedHealthcare’s, Katie Hall. The unknown was how much the high altitude would affect her. Looking at the screenshots, you can see that we planned on her achieving a time of 22:21 and, with her power a little lower than expected, she came home in a time of 22:27 for eighth place on the day.
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