Tour de France SRM Power Files Posted for Stage 8 and 9

Chris Anker Sorensen also held his own within stages 8 and 9 and proved exactly why Team Saxo Bank chose him for their squad. This is Chris Anker’s first Tour de France and if it keeps going like this he deserves to ride many more.

Chris has ridden superbly for his team in the mountains and has been seen several times setting the pace for the front group. He definitely deserves Monday’s rest day and can hopefully recover well for the stages in the Alpes yet to come.

Read all about stages 1-9 on the TrainingPeaks Tour de France Reports page here.

Chris Anker Sorensen’s SRM Power Data:

Stage 8                Stage 9

Distance:                        176km       160km

Time:                              4:33             4:06

Average Watts:              244w         253w

Normalized Power:        306w          311w

Mean Max 5-minutes:   432w*        397w

Mean Max 20-minutes: 383w         388w*

Kilojoules:                    4190kj        3878kj

TSS:                                 309             284

*to date maximum values of the Tour de France for Chris Anker Sorensen.

Chris Anker’s stage 8 file can be viewed here and stage 9 can be seen here.



This chart, taken from TrainingPeaks WKO+, shows Chris Anker Sorensen's heart rate distribution by zone within stage 9 of the Tour de France.

Comments

[Charlie]

I'd like to hear people's recommendations on devices to record this kind of data, especially for running and cycling.

It'd be nice to have the combination of effort (heart rate?) and performance (power output for cycling, something similar for running?) and watch that ratio improve with training.

And, it'd be nice to have maps showing gps routes wherever that applies (ie whenever not using a stationary machine).

I've got an iphone with gps already, so it'd be nice to be able to use that. I know it now has a device api for bluetooth devices, so I'm hoping it can talk directly via bluetooth to a heart rate monitor strap and to a cycling power output meter (like a cycleops hub), use an app on the phone to record and display that data during the workout, and then upload it somewhere like trainingpeaks.

I don't want to have a lot of extra gadgets, so I really like the idea of having the phone do as much as possible and talk directly to a small set of measurement devices (HRM strap, nike+ shoe insert, bike power meter).

Suggestions?

[webmaster]

Hi Charlie,

You should check out our iPhone apps, some of which allow you to use your iPhone like a training device and some of which convert your iPhone into a sort of syncing device for other training devices. Find out more here:

http://blog.trainingpeaks.com/2009/03/upload-heart-rate-speed-cadence-and-power-from-the-iphone-and-ipod-touch-to-trainingpeaks.html

http://blog.trainingpeaks.com/2009/01/upload-gps-data-to-trainingpeakscom-from-the-iphone.html

You can also try visiting our message boards to see what other devices people like to use for their own training: http://home.trainingpeaks.com/personal-edition/community-messageboards.aspx

Happy training!