2) TP (& others) build a power-duration curve from what it "sees". So, if you're in a high volume, low-intensity period, it will downgrade your curve. That may well misrepresent our actual capacity. But, we can easily get tempted to go hard just to get our TP "numbers" back up.

Voorstel van Tom Dumoulin: "Schuif het seizoen met een maand op, dit jaar maar ook alle jaren erna" sporza.be/artikels/voors…

"If the sport wants to survive this and become more sustainable, we have to diversify, because at the moment pro cycling teams are relying too heavily on a very one-dimensional model.” Ashleigh Moolman Pasio's blueprint for pro cycling’s brave new future bit.ly/3aMUvwX

A reminder - be careful when interpreting w/kg values that have been derived from VAM. Here is the correlation between measured W/kg (power meter) and W/kg derived from VAM (as per Ferrari formula)

In light of recent news, let's take a look at the concept of Marginal Gains. The idea that small incremental gains add up to make a meaningful improvement. THREAD on stories, science, and the problem with the 'performance/self-help' world:

Salbutamol heeft duidelijk prestatieverbeterend effect op submaximale inspanning. Studie met getrainde wielrenners (VO2max 55ml/kg/min) houden het 23% langer vol met Salbutamol dan placebo. pdfs.semanticscholar.org/5e47/24883a45a…