Mur de Huy (Fleche Wallonne) Pinotti Power File

Marco Pinotti of team High Road raced this week’s Fleche Wallonne classic in Belgium and spent much of the race in a major breakaway. His move was a large part of his team's strategy to get teammate Kim Kirchen on the podium.

Marco spent nearly two hours, and 77km’s in the breakaway. According to his SRM, Marco averaged 297 watts. Look at his power file in the TrainingPeaks File Viewer. If you have WKO+, download the Raw File and analyze more in depth.

At the left is a screenshot of a portion of Marco's power file in WKO+. You can see Marco's watts, cadence and speed as he climbed, for the second of three times, the steep 1.2km Mur de Huy. Up the four minute climb he averaged 438 watts. Keep in mind that Marco only weighs 149 pounds so his power to weight ratio is one of the best you’ll ever see. For this climb alone, Marco's power to weight ratio average was 6.4 w/kg.

Marco's four minutes climbing the Mur de Huy was only a small part of the overall five hour event in which he spent 116 minutes above 332 watts. For a better understanding of his day's effort, here is a breakdown of Marco’s time in minutes spent in each power zone:

Active Recovery 95

Endurance 41

Tempo 39

Threshold 41

VO2max 30

Anaerobic Capacity 45

View the complete article and an interview with Marco Pinotti on VeloNews.com.