Last week I asked the question, how fast are professional cyclists compared to me up the mythical monsoon climb? But after having a crack, I actually managed to finish it only 15 minutes behind the man himself, Tatt Baga, albeit with no headwind, spectators, or 3 weeks of racing my legs. But it did make me wonder if I had a dig, could I do even better on the most legendary mountain of them all, outs to give context, upd is a 12 km climb, which averages 8%. And for most cyclists on Zift, it’s an amazing accomplishment just to finish it in under an hour. But for aliens like Ted, he can somehow teleport up it in 39 minutes while averaging 420 watts while only weighing 66 kilos. If I were to hold his wheel at 80 kg, I’d need to hold 510 W, which unfortunately wasn’t going to happen. But after deciding that even though I wasn’t going to be able to keep up, I had a crack and somehow managed to hold 336 W. I bounced to Zift. I crossed the line in 46 minutes and 15 seconds and only 7 minutes slower than Tatty Picata. So, no, I can’t keep up with the pros, but I’m actually pretty happy with that
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Sooo lean. Do you even have an ass at this BF%?
Pics for science? 😅
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Work hard 💪💪❤
i love scrolling reels and coming across Drapht; keep it up buddy
Amazing time! I think a lot of pro sprinters (probably best for comparison because you weigh 80kg) would be happy with that time too. Keep up the good work!💪
7mins seems like a pretty small gap looking at the relative power (4,2W/kg vs ~6,3W/kg).
But still a good effort for an amateur cyclist.
Isnt the segment recorded in the tour another 2k of climbing further than Zwift?
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How many W/kg you pushing in a 20 min test?
Thats insane ! Im impressed
Zwifts climb is 2 km shorter than where the pros finish
340W for 45 minutes is decent for an 80kg amateur but not even remotely close to anything even the last place tour rider would put up. In a side by side real word ride you would probably be 35-40% slower than Tadej so about 15 minutes behind
You’re no Tadej(obviously), but perhaps a future Nils Politt in the making lol 😂 chapeau 👏🏽
Sadly zwift isn’t that accurate. When I ride zone 2 Indoors, I ride at a speed of 40 km/h and outside it varies a lot. I ride like 24 to 30 km/h in zone 2 outside
Despite not being like the real race, this is still crazy impressive. Good work!
when you lose like all your upper boddy muscel you be way faster
Alp du zwift misses 2 km from the real alp d huez kom climb so he‘s even more alien😂 but amazing performance from you too!
What equipment do you use???
Ventoux in 1:10 is quite insane at 80 kg
What is your calorie consumption buddy
I averaged 327w for 40m24 at about 67kg. Some nutter has done it in under 30 mins!
I did it in 36 but im not sur i would be faster than Tadej 😂
You're a beast, mate. That's a mega time.
I have to say for a guy who is probably on the heavy side to be a bike rider (upper body) you did great. 👍
Mad respect dude!
i could only muster a measily 235 watts 😢