Final 2013 Dauphiné pVAM analysis

finishing out the pVAM analysis of the 2013 Dauphine

stage 7

the Noyer the climb before the final bump uv a climb

cut things down to a select yellow jersey group

with just Sanchez and Fuglsang going away with a kick over the top

vClimb 521 meters of climbing at 1644 meters of altitude

average gradient of 8.3%

good for a pVAM 1677 predicted meters per hour of vertical assent

vs

an aVAM of 1667 actual meters per hour for the yellow jersey

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stage 8

finishing climb Risoul

vClimb 762 m at 1844 m altitude 7% gradient

good for a

pVAM 1569

with riders trickling in starting at

aVAM 1563

looking at the residuals

although the stage 7 Noyer wasn’t a finishing climb

it was nearly ridden like one

a contador driven select yellow jersey group

came over at -0.58 %

while Sanches and Fugslang went a touch faster than predicted

at 0.49 % to steal a few second lead

Vetoo’s CPL simulation put Contador at 5.96 w/kg for the 20 min effort

corroborating the pVAM

on the proper stage 8 finishing climb

unfortunately we had Froome chained by Porte

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Contador boat anchored by Rogers

still

riding well within himself Froome goes -0.4%

a touch slower than predicted

with a Vetoo CPL calculated 5.79 w/kg for the 30 min effort

solid

but

opening the door

for

a recovered Talansky nearly bite em in the ass on the line

overal

as per Sky new world order protocol

Froome demonstrated GT winning form on Stage 5

realy only matched by Contador

and showed that he still had kick

a week in on Stage 8

,

after his TT no show

Contador pulled a still here on Stage 5

going 2% positive

before drifting back into training mode dragging Rogers around for kicks

the question

then

with

domestique Porte ridding GT lower podium pace

at 0.97 -0.6 and -0.8

what the hell good is

Rogers to Contador

going

1.58 -0.58 -5.32

when only his 1.58 trumps Porte

by appearance

because

Porte had pulled the damn climb and sat up at the end

?

of the other contenders

can you really call them that

1 week in a touch uv rain and we get

Moreno -1.8%

Fuglsang to -1.2%

Navarro -2.14%

Valverde -1.8

Sanchez -2.63

etc

or a whole lot uv negative

,

true they may not be on the year round peak swimming coach plan

but only Contador

minus the inconsistency

is possibly in the ballpark of challenging Froome

with

Talansky

the odds on favorite

fer

the yearly Garmarella TDF story

the big GC loser

Van Den Broeck

with his (stage 5) -21% and (stage 8) -16%

2012 TDF 4th place rider Jurgen Van Den Broeck

gets left off the charts all together

allergies probably or was there a crash ? who knows

prognositicataion:

pVAM says 2013 dont need Brad fer uh 2012 repeat