[JackGibbs]

Those pro numbers are a little low. Although La Gazzetta's watt calculations have been somewhat questionable in the past, Tony Martin's wattage was given as 480 for the Mont Saint Michel TT on Tuesday.

Shane Perkins, and Aussie track rider who is probably the strongest cyclist in the world in terms of pure brute strength, has a maximum output of 2500 watts (my guess is that is a ten second effort, they don't give it, but his 60 second effort is certainly higher than 1100 watts).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8H6fU9VNgQ

[curveship]

An average pro (domestic and international) vs. the pro who just won a worldclass TT. An average weight pro vs. a big boy like Tony Martin or even more so Shane Perkins. I've seen quite a few pro wattage files, and 350 is fairly common for an average pro.

The more reliable measure is w/kg. Pros tend to range anywhere from high 4s (low-level sprinters or rouleurs) to mid 6s (world class TT'ers or climbers), with most being somewhere in the 5s. If la gazzetta's numbers are right, and if we believe Tony Martin's posted weight of 75kg, his 480 watts puts him at 6.4 w/kg.

[JackGibbs]

I wasn't exactly thinking of Optum or Kenda, I was thinking of a Pro/WorldTour level rider. The numbers you mention are frightening close to these I found for Brian Vandborg: http://home.trainingpeaks.com/races/saxo-bank-sungard/2011-u... - not exactly known as a powerhouse (there he is finish 47 seconds down over a 8km TT, and here he is barely beating Chris Anker Sorenson in a 40km time trial a few months before those figures: http://cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/race.asp?raceid=20722). Sure, Domencio Pozzovizzio isn't putting out 400 watts sustained (he probably isn't putting out 300), but my feeling is that Siutsou, Chavanel, Tuft, Vanmarcke, Vaitkus, Malori and other riders of their ilk are creeping up towards the 375-400 range sustained.

Don't get me wrong, I'm nitpicking here, I was just noting those numbers feel slightly low.

[alxndr]

Here's a guy who's in the TdF right now: http://app.strava.com/pros/laurenstendam

On individual rides (e.g. http://app.strava.com/activities/66583736 ) there's a chart below the map which you can switch to show "Performance", check the "Power" checkbox and you'll see his watt output. Looks like today he cracked 1kw momentarily about ten times, and for an hour starting around ~1h30 in he never went below 200w.