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Zach Nehr

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Power Analysis: Tadej Pogačar Crushes the Col du Tourmalet Record

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By Zach Nehr
| Velo
Stage 6 of the Tour de France was the first day in the high mountains in this year’s race, and thus the first real opportunity for the GC favorites to test one another. Tadej Pogačar wasted no time. With 5km to go on the famed Col du Tourmalet, Pogačar attacked with no one in his wheel. Actually, there was one rider in his wheel: his teammate, Isaac Del Toro. The Mexican had just done the final leadout for Pogačar on one of the hardest climbs in this year’s Tour de France.
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Why This Tour de France Could Mark the Start of the 7w/kg Era

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By Zach Nehr
| Velo
The numbers are in: 7w/kg is the new 6w/kg. If you were holding 6w/kg for half an hour in the 2010s, you could find yourself on the podium of the Tour de France. Now 6w/kg is the bare minimum for versatile sprinters to survive a 20-minute climb. The attackers are holding 6.1-6.5w/kg, while the top riders are able to push 7w/kg for an extended period of time. As we near the first mountains of the Tour de France, we are talking about the best climbers in the history of the sport.
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Pogačar vs Vingegaard: A physiological head-to-head – Where the battle will be won at the Tour de France

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By Zach Nehr
| Inkl
So what was it about Jonas Vingegaard that gave him the ability to defeat Pogačar? Few riders have achieved such a feat in their entire cycling careers. Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert, for example, have beaten Pogačar in races like Milan-San Remo and Paris-Roubaix. But there, the differences are obvious. Van der Poel and Van Aert have at least 10kg on Pogačar, maybe even 15kg. In races as flat as these, the raw power advantage is real.
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