Saturday
May162009
Giro d'Italia Stages 2-6 SRM Power Data from Team Saxo Bank's Matthew Goss
Saturday, May 16, 2009 at 7:15PM
Matthew Goss has completed his first week of his first Giro d'Italia in grand style. He has finished twice in the top ten (5th on stage 6, and 7th in stage 7) and is showing he has potential for a future stage victory.
As the Official Training Software of Team Saxo Bank, TrainingPeaks, along with the cooperation of Matthew Goss, is proud to provide an inside look into the life of a grand tour racer.
In our last report posted Monday, May 11th we provided direct links to Goss's TrainingPeaks public journal for stages 2 and 3. He has now provided us with his TrainingPeaks Journals for stages 4-6. For a complete analysis of stages 2-6 please visit a special Velonews article posted here.
Goss's racing and training details are managed through WKO+ and TrainingPeaks.com just like thousands of other athletes, elite and beginner alike, use TrainingPeaks to communicate data to their coaches. Each day Goss finishes the race and works his way to his hotel room with his SRM in hand. Once he finishes cleaning up he downloads his SRM to his laptop computer by using TrainingPeaks WKO+. He then adds his daily comments and then simply clicks one button to send the data to his TrainingPeaks account. No e-mail attachments needed. From there Team Saxo Bank's rider development director, Bobby Julich, has immediate access to the data and the days comments.
Click the links below to view Matthew Goss’s TrainingPeaks Journal entries and download his race files:
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Stage 5
Stage 6
The graph below shows the final climb on stage 5 up the Alpe di Siusi which took Goss 78 minutes to climb 25km at an average grade of 5.8 percent. He averaged 326w with an average heart rate of 166.
The chart below shows the daily Training Stress Score (TSS), maximum 5-minute and 20-minute power output for stages 3-6. Stage 6 had the highest TSS value at 409, along with the highest 5-minute power output at 480w, and also the highest 20-minute power output of the Giro so far at 397w.
Feel free to make your own charts by downloading Goss's files from the links above and import the data into TrainingPeaks WKO+. Click here to download a free 14-day trial of WKO+.
Start using TrainingPeaks.com today. It is easy to use and is perfect for the beginner and elite professional alike. Create a free account here.
As the Official Training Software of Team Saxo Bank, TrainingPeaks, along with the cooperation of Matthew Goss, is proud to provide an inside look into the life of a grand tour racer.
In our last report posted Monday, May 11th we provided direct links to Goss's TrainingPeaks public journal for stages 2 and 3. He has now provided us with his TrainingPeaks Journals for stages 4-6. For a complete analysis of stages 2-6 please visit a special Velonews article posted here.
Goss's racing and training details are managed through WKO+ and TrainingPeaks.com just like thousands of other athletes, elite and beginner alike, use TrainingPeaks to communicate data to their coaches. Each day Goss finishes the race and works his way to his hotel room with his SRM in hand. Once he finishes cleaning up he downloads his SRM to his laptop computer by using TrainingPeaks WKO+. He then adds his daily comments and then simply clicks one button to send the data to his TrainingPeaks account. No e-mail attachments needed. From there Team Saxo Bank's rider development director, Bobby Julich, has immediate access to the data and the days comments.
Click the links below to view Matthew Goss’s TrainingPeaks Journal entries and download his race files:
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Stage 5
Stage 6
The graph below shows the final climb on stage 5 up the Alpe di Siusi which took Goss 78 minutes to climb 25km at an average grade of 5.8 percent. He averaged 326w with an average heart rate of 166.
The chart below shows the daily Training Stress Score (TSS), maximum 5-minute and 20-minute power output for stages 3-6. Stage 6 had the highest TSS value at 409, along with the highest 5-minute power output at 480w, and also the highest 20-minute power output of the Giro so far at 397w.
Feel free to make your own charts by downloading Goss's files from the links above and import the data into TrainingPeaks WKO+. Click here to download a free 14-day trial of WKO+.
Start using TrainingPeaks.com today. It is easy to use and is perfect for the beginner and elite professional alike. Create a free account here.
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