Michael Woods fired a warning shot across the bows of his rivals for the hilly Classics this season, producing huge power numbers on Mont Ventoux at the virtual Tour de France.
The overall competition was won by rival team NTT but it was Woods’s stage win that marked him out as perhaps the top contender for the race for Strade Bianche, Milan-San Remo and Il Lombardia just a few short months after a career-threatening leg break.
Woods dropped all his rivals to win solo atop the virtual mountain in the first race where it has featured in Zwift.
To do so, he rode at a highly impressive 6.65 watts per kilogram for 20 minutes. In the early part of the climb he was riding at 7.03W/kg. Domenico Pozzovivo, who finished second, sustained an even higher power-to-weight ratio, averaging 7.9W/kg. However, it seems Woods’s affinity with the game gave him the edge he needed to cross the line first.
Esta historia es de la edición July 23, 2020 de CYCLING WEEKLY.
Comience su prueba gratuita de Magzter GOLD de 7 días para acceder a miles de historias premium seleccionadas y a más de 9,000 revistas y periódicos.
Ya eres suscriptor ? Conectar
Esta historia es de la edición July 23, 2020 de CYCLING WEEKLY.
Comience su prueba gratuita de Magzter GOLD de 7 días para acceder a miles de historias premium seleccionadas y a más de 9,000 revistas y periódicos.
Ya eres suscriptor? Conectar
CLASSIC BIKE COLNAGO SUPER
A trailblazing bike immortalised by Merckx and Saronni
"Strava activities are the only way I know some of my friends are still alive"
...or that Bernard is doing his weekly shop
AN EXPERT'S TAKE ON... SADDLE SELECTION
Crucial advice to guide your next purchase
JUST A NUMB#R?
Approaching a landmark birthday, Charlie Graham-Dixon explores how ageing affects cycling performance and what can be done to stay ahead of the curve
RURAL PERIL
More UK cyclists are killed on rural lanes than on busy city streets. Rob Kemp investigates why and what can be done to keep us safe while riding in the countryside
A BLESSED RIDE THROUGH THE FOREST OF BOWLAND
Forgoing cloak, cassock and cross, Trevor Ward goes in search of the holy roads that helped make a Tour winner
Dame Sarah Storey claims road and 19th gold double
More success for Team GB's Paralympians in Paris, but Storey slams women's time trial course
Roglič matches Vuelta win record
Slovenian takes fourth Tour of Spain title after hunting down O'Connor's lead, writes Adam Becket
Williams crowned Tour of Britain champion
Welshman leads home resurgence at the stage race to crown an Israel-Premier Tech clean sweep, reports Tom Davidson in Felixstowe
CLASSIC BIKE CLAUD BUTLER OLYMPIC ROAD
Iconic British brand's Holdsworth-era road bike