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I have tried to go long in races, have almost worked, but fare better in sprint finishes.
The main reason I've focused up upping FTP this year was because I would be so cooked at the end of even short races that I was way off any kind of race winning power.
Higher FTP should mean faster recovery from efforts, rather than trying to muster a sprint after 50 minutes at close to threshold...As a smaller rider, when I was at 250w ftp, I'd be barely hanging on to the 80-85kg riders pushing 300+, and although I've got a good kick, just completely wooden legs at the end.
Ideally need a team to protect me so I can launch an attack/sprint (a bit of a free-for-all in cat 2/3/4) Wouldn't that be nice!
Acliff
With those numbers have you ever tried going for long one like emptying the tank with 1km to 1 mile to go has that ever worked out for you? Do you have any go to sessions for your good 1-3 min power? Or are you just built that way I'm 5"10 and 66kg and not sure i even own a fast twitch muscle fibre at the moment