On Sunday Niki Terpstra timed his attack in the closing stages of Paris-Roubaix to perfection to clinch his first victory in a Monument, and now that he has recovered, he's uploaded his ride to Strava so we can gaze in amazement at the full details of his achievement.
There are quite a few professional cyclists on Strava and they're constantly uploading training and race activities, providing us all with a glimpse into just how fast these athletes are cycling, something that would have been unimaginable 10 years ago. This transparency has been one of the best things to come out of the popuarity of sites like Strava making it easy to share rides and races.
So, Terpstra's Paris-Roubaix winning ride then. He covered 255.2km in 6hrs 9mins 7secs, quite a staggering pace. The race was a fast edition, with good conditions, although his average speed of 41.5km/h was some way shy of the fastest ever edition of the race, that crown is held by Peter Post who in 1964 averaged 45.129km/h. Terpstra wasn't using a power meter so there is no power data which would be fascinating. A lot of riders simply race on feel in a race like this.
Anyway, go take a look at his ride in detail, http://www.strava.com/activities/130432764 and give him some kudos while there. He's currently on 2603.
19 thoughts on “View Niki Terpstra’s Paris-Roubaix winning ride on Strava”
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Is it that Terpstra doesn’t
Is it that Terpstra doesn’t use a power-meter, or actually that he strips the power data out before making it public (easy to do)? Finding it hard to believe he doesn’t have a power meter.
Paul J wrote:Is it that
He had no power meter on his race bike that he finished on. He’ll have one for training and maybe for other races, but he didn’t use one at PR
Paul J wrote:Is it that
They’ll use power meters in training but power in a race is normally the domain of mountain climbers.
It’s a little surprising he was able to download the whole race; they don;t normally swap their Garmins over when changing bikes.
As an aside, the chances of anyone using a power meter at PR are pretty slim. Another thing to get battered, break and go wrong.
Impressive ride, both
Impressive ride, both strength and opportunism, to say the least. Chapeau Terpstra!
I’m going to take from it, that on a ride of similar length and climbing (last years RideLondon100) my average speed was ONLY 10-11 Kph slower. B-)
dgcorp wrote:I’m going to
Similar length? Shurely some mishtake?
Not all pros use a power
Not all pros use a power meter. Tommy Voeckler doesn’t even run a speedo most of the time 😉
Dave Atkinson wrote:Not all
He defines effort by how much that tongue is out!
glynr36 wrote:He defines
True! He also measures his HR by how much he murmurs to himself while climbing.
More awesome than awesome.
More awesome than awesome. It puts it in perspective that this evening we did a chain gang at 39km/h for 1:15 – 49km. So he did 5 times as far, faster… on cobbles for 60k or so !!! unreal.
Ive thought that too and
Ive thought that too and thought; Fantastic.. :”( 8> ~X(
😀 :))
His average was 45.49 km/h
His average was 45.49 km/h according to Official timing on Eurosport as he crossed the line which would best the previous record.
He was using a Garmin GPS
He was using a Garmin GPS (Edge 500), so I wouldn’t read too much into the result. =))
No power data? well first
No power data? well first over the line surely means he had more than anyone else!
Dont give it Kudos or comment
Dont give it Kudos or comment on it! I keep getting notification after notification ( all through the night) Have tried turning evreything off to stop it.
Any ideas? might delete the app! im a such a div!
On the iPhone app you can
On the iPhone app you can change the notification settings. More — Settings — Preferences-Notifications.
Presume there’s something similar in the Android app.
I find it interesting that
I find it interesting that some pros don’t use (or at least leave on bike but ignore) power meters during certain races. Surely their WKO performance chart would be all skewiff with a big TSS hole?! 8> This makes me wonder, if pros don’t always need this data, then why do we amateurs and are we being sold on something that isn’t as useful as we might think? Clearly their training isn’t heavily reliant on ‘power data’ charts or at least they use it in a different way. I’m very curious. 😕
mcvittees73 wrote:I find it
Depends what they are doing, the top TT riders use the power meters to pace themselves though in this sort of race sustained power is only really worth knowing if you are making an extended breakaway.
Suspect the heart meter was all he really needed to make sure he wasn’t burning himself out. Ultimately his winning effort wasn’t about putting the most effort out it was about saving the most energy at the critical point when he went he succeeded because the TT machines like Cancellara and Wiggins had nothing to respond with.
mcvittees73 wrote: makes me
Simple, if the numbers go up, you’re having more fun! It’s the easiest gauge.