Originally Posted by topflightpro

I had a friend who was a pro triathlete (sub 9 hour Kona-type guy) who started bike racing. I want to say his FTP was 350w, and he could motor all day long at that. Of course, he could not cross 900w to save his life - he just had no top end. Anyway, he rode away from every race field and solo'd for the win in crits and RRs until he got up to a 2.