Vuelta a Espana Stage Win and Tour of Missouri Power Data

Even though the pro cycling season is quickly winding down, TrainingPeaks still has a lot of news to highlight and special reports to share from both sides of the Atlantic.



Vuelta Victory

Starting in Spain, we would like to congratulate TrainingPeaks member Greg Van Avermaet of team Silence-Lotto for winning stage 9 of the Vuelta a Espana. This is Greg's second year on Silence-Lotto as well as his second season of using TrainingPeaks. Greg continued his good form by placing 3rd in stage 10 of the Vuelta.

Marco Pinotti Files from Missouri

We have a special feature for you this week as Team Columbia's Marco Pinotti will be sending us several of his Tour of Missouri SRM power meter files along with his personal insight into the last big North American race of the season.

Stage 1: St. Joseph - Kansas City- 90 miles

The Tour of Missouri kicked off Monday with a fast 90 mile stage between St. Joseph and Kansas City, which saw Team Columbia's Mark Cavendish win the field sprint. Part of Cavendish's success must be attributed to his Columbia team, who protected him and performed superior lead-out for him in the final miles. To view Marco's SRM file from Stage 1 of the tour of Missouri click here.

Marco described the first day of racing in Missouri as "It was a fast stage, as my SRM data shows, and relatively short. It rained in the last 50 kilometers. As a team it was a perfect stage. We tried to split the group with 35 kilometers to go in a section of crosswind, but then all the peloton was back. In the final we made the lead out for Mark Cavendish, who won again, finishing very hard and good work from the whole team. I pulled from about 4 kilometers to 2.5 kilometers."

Marco averaged 405 watts for 10 minutes while pushing the pace with his team Columbia teammates in Stage 1.

In fact, the highest 10-minute stretch of time in Marco's file shows he averaged 405 watts while team Columbia tried to split the field with under an hour of racing left. Realizing the race would most likely end in a field sprint, Marco joined the team effort in the final 10 kilometers of the stage to help out teammate Mark Cavendish. Marco took his hardest 1-minute pull of the day, which averaged 567 watts, with 6 kilometers to go in the stage.

Look for more data from Marco Pinotti in the coming days.