These are Sam Bennett's numbers, between his peak two-second Watts and his peak one-minute Watts, produced in the Giro stage 3 sprint after a 229km race. He's 69kg.
Sam Bennett sprint power data Giro stage 3, after five hours
Sam Bennett has shared the data for his power during the sprint to the line at the end of the 229km stage 3 at the Giro d'Italia today.
Bennett rode a good sprint but was beaten by Elia Viviani; the QuickStep man having an amazing season this year.
However, while the Irish Bora-hansgrohe sprinter has done very well in the opening two road stages of this race, a little bit of frustration was evident after the stage.
He Tweeted out these numbers with the message: "After 228km of racing I can do no more. Big thanks to the Bora-hansgrohe boys for getting me there in such a fast final."
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Bennett won a brilliant stage at Paris-Nice last year; beating virtually all of the fastest sprinters in the world; one of nine wins in 2017.
And while that was his first WorldTour victory, he would take four more at the Tour of Turkey towards the end of the season.
It seems inevitable that he will take some Grand Tour stages in his career. But having won so frequently last year - and been 2nd and 3rd on stages of the Giro in 2017 - clearly he wants that Giro win now.
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And his Tweet today shows he has the form to do that; his numbers are very impressive indeed. Bennett weighs 69kg.
His two-second peak in the sprint into Eilat after 229km of racing - and five hours in the saddle - was 1,548 Watts.
Bennett's other numbers include; 5sec peak, 1,513 Watts, 30sec peak 945 Watts and one-minute peak of 689 Watts.
Hopefully he keeps the faith and gets that victory he is chasing; we think he will.
It's a mark of his stature in world sprinting and his ambition that a bit of frustration is apparently creeping so early in the race despite getting two 3rd places.
With the race now going back to Italy, there is a rest day tomorrow. The action resumes on Tuesday in Sicily, with several stages to come that won't suit the sprinters.
Sam Bennett's next chance in a sprint may come next Friday at the end of the 159km stage from Pizzo to Praia a Mare.
After 228km of racing I can do no more??♂️ big thanks to the @BORAhansgrohe boys for getting me there in such a fast final pic.twitter.com/W0JsDPExAY
— Sam Bennett (@Sammmy_Be) May 6, 2018
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