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by matsemann 701 days ago
I don't buy your comparison with bolt. This is just a video showing someone exploding? Happens all the time. They're riding at the limit for long, and then when one can't handle it anymore the difference is stark.
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Boonen said himself that he was having no issues there. You could probably find that hill and estimate their watt output.

I wouldn't be surprised if Cancelaara is in excess of 1400w for short parts of that hill.