Eddie Dunbar came
out tops in the Watts per kg charts when all 30 riders from his team took part
in a race on Zwift at the weekend.
The race was won
by world TT champion Rohan Dennis; the powerful Australian going clear on his
own on the uphill finish to win by almost one minute.
Dunbar was next
home, the 23-year-old Irishman pressing hard all the way and finishing 56
seconds down on his new team mate.
Former world road
race champion, Michal Kwiatkowski, came through strongly towards the end
and Dunbar had his work cut out for him to stay ahead of the Pole.
However, Dunbar took the runner-up spot some three seconds ahead of Kwiatkowski.
While the top three were covered by 59 seconds, Cameron Warf was over two minutes down in 4th place; the Australian 2:03 off compatriot Dennis.
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The racing was held on a 25km virtual course with a
finishing climb of 12.2km designed to mimic Alpe d’Huez.
And while the Team Ineos squad was split into six teams
of five riders for the race, it came down to man-on-man on the climb.
Dunbar’s numbers were very impressive; the 58kg Irish rider producing an average of 312 watts, or 5.38 watts per kg, for just under one hour; 58 mins 57 secs to be precise
His Watts per kg were the highest of all of those in the
race. Dennis averaged 373 watts, or 5.18 watts per kg.
Kwiatkowski averaged 5.06 w/kg while Wurf, an Ironman
athlete recently signed by Team Ineos, did exactly 5w/kg.
Dunbar’s heart rate was higher than some of the others
who proved among the best on the day.
The Irish cyclist, competing from his kitchen at home,
averaged 165bpm compared to 157bpm for Dennis, 148bpm for Kwiatkowski and 154pm
for Pavel Sivakov, who was 4th and
averaged 5w/kg.
Some of the biggest names were a little further back; Chris Froome in 6th place 2:33 down, on 5.07w/kg.
Team Ineos Zwift race result
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