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If such a thing exists it will not be at all accurate. It is rather complicated. You could triple your squat and still come off with a lower wattage in particular scenarios.
What cadence are we talking about? Was there any resistance built into the apparatus? Was it a standing start? etc etc..
You also need to train hard on the bike to get the most out of weight room strength. If you are lifting INSTEAD of riding, allowing your bodyweight to shoot up and your overall conditioning lax, you are not going to see much - if any improvement. Especially not at low resistances/high RPM's
If you train appropriately on the bike and the strength stuff you will see significant improvements over using the bike alone. But this too depends on the type of racing you are doing! Naturally 'powerful' people, like those who can jump very high; will also progress in their strength & power than those who do not have the 'natural ability'. The latter will struggle to juggle their strength training and bike/speed/conditioning; to be training them hard and recovering from both.