Originally Posted by
aaronmcd
But still, racing (especially crit racing) is literally a competition on who has the best genes. And threshold power is by FAR the most important skill in crits.
I really disagree with this. If you're trying to lap the field, then there's more credence to it, but technical/tactical skill and then finishing ability far outweigh FTP in crits, in my opinion.
Power data from 3-4 different PRT crits (done a couple of times) and some pretty big regional crits shows my AP typically around 3-3.5 w/kg and NP around 3.5-3.8 w/kg. Fairly paltry for how hard the races are themselvesf, but it shows there's just way more going on than simple FTP.