Calculate W/kg on a strava selection made easy
Calculate VAM (Vetical ascent in meters per hour) and relative power output (W/kg) according to dr Ferrari’s method using a bookmarklet. The relative power output number can be used to compare climbing performance over different sections with different gradients. Do remember that external factors like wind and drag can affect the numbers. Find some more …Continue Reading
Twitter in the 2016 world tour peloton
88% of cyclists have a twitter account. 81.5% have tweeted this year A twitter list of pro cyclists is available at https://twitter.com/velofacts/lists/pro-cyclists
Most new twitter followers in 2015 in the cycling community
New followers 1 Le Tour de France @letour 1099868 2 Chris Froome @chrisfroome 337447 3 Mark Cavendish @MarkCavendish 185894 4 NairoQuinCo @NairoQuinCo 181863 5 Team Sky @TeamSky 180532 6 Peter Sagan @petosagan 173108 7 Movistar Team @Movistar_Team 162096 8 Vincenzo Nibali @vincenzonibali 150870 9 Rigoberto Urán ?U @UranRigoberto 146197 10 Alberto Contador @albertocontador 140866 11 …Continue Reading
Sprinters strava files
Andre Greipel posted his Tour de France sprint wins to Strava. That made me curious if the were more sprinters strava files. A list of top 5 sprints (Links to strava)
Head-to-head time trial results of the Vuelta 2015 contenders
Head-to-head results. The time difference is in the table below, as well as the speeds of the 2 competitors. There is also the difference calculated if the time trial had been as long as the Vuelta time trial (38.7 km)
GPS device usage in the pro peloton
Some pro riders use GPS in the races and post their activities on Strava. Strava shows the device used. A list of usage during some races in May 2015 below
Cycling pro’s on Strava
A list of World Tour and Pro Continental cyclists on Strava. (Season 2015) Strava also has a pro’s list. This is that same list, sorted by most followers (april 2015)
A list of most followed cyclocross twitter accounts
Most followed cyclocross related twitter accounts. Follow them by subscribing to this twitter list
Most twitter followers gained in the cycling community (2014)
Nairo Quintana gained the most followers in 2014 of the cyclists. But @letour gained the most
Cyclists most in the news in 2014
Velofacts indexes cyclists names found in the 234000 cycling news items we collected in 2014