Stage 3 - 2010 Tour of California

Stage 3 Summary

Total Time: 4:26
Distance 113 miles
Stage placing: 20th at :17
GC placing after Stage 2: 30th
Body Weight: 154lbs ( 70kg)
Average speed: 25.2
Average heart rate: 139
Max heart rate: 175
Average cadence: 92
Average watts: 261w (320w normalized)
Max watts: 1066w
TSS: 323
KJ: 4173
CP5: 458w
CP20: 401w

Stage three of the Tour of California was yet another record breaker for Jakob Fuglsang. If you think yesterday's stage two data was high wait till you see today's file.

The stage started out with nice weather as the rider's left south on highway 1 in San Francisco. The weather quickly changed though as they hit the hills and saw a repeat of yesterday's miserable conditions. A small breakaway group of five riders slipped away and allowed a maximum of four minutes before Team Radio Shack got to work on the front and reeled it back in.

Bonny Doon Showdown

As the riders neared the final Category two climb up Bonny Doon the last breakaway rider was caught and all eyes turned to Levi Leipheimer. This is where Leipheimer established his dominance in the '09 edition of this Tour. If anyone had plans on dethrowning the Radio Shac rider they would have to match Levi pedal for pedal up this 10k climb that climbs 2,000 vertical feet.

Jakob Fuglsang showed that he is a climber with lots of potential by taking making the split up Bony Doon. Levi rode away with Michael Rogers, David Zabriskie and Leipheimer and crested Bony Doon with about a 60 second advantage. At one point Jakob lead the group in pursuit. His power data summary up the climb shows just how much it takes to race at this level.

Bonny Doon Climb Summary

Time - 25:47
2054 altitude gain
386w (400np)
169hr
175max HR
91 avg cadence
2054 altitude gain
386 avg watts (400np)
169 avg heart rate
175 max heart rate
91 avg cadence