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Rider data analysis and insights from the biggest bike races – by Velon 🚴

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Fall in catch rate costs peloton dearly 🚴💨

The peloton was on course to catch a two-man break of Narváez and Meurisse with 20km of Stage 3 of the Tour de Suisse left, but their catch rate dropped and it proved just enough for the duo to hang on, with Narváez winning

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💨 Avg speed: 57.0km/h
🌪 Max speed: 70.2km/h
⚡️ Avg power: 310w
💪 Max power: 670w
🔍 Avg power on turns: 410w
↔️ Catch rate: 6.7s per km

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Close but no cigar for Konrad 😲

Patrick Konrad averaged 410w for his turns on the front as the peloton tried to catch a two-man breakaway on Stage 3 of the Tour de Suisse, with the bunch clawing back 1min 40sec (6.7sec/km) between 30km and 15km to go.
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🇨🇭 #TourdeSuisse

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A high score means the rider has not just ridden hard, but has repeatedly surged, attacked, or responded to attacks in a way that compounds the physical toll. 51-70 is high, 71-90 is very high, 90+ is extreme. Red Zone is when a rider is riding above their threshold.

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Relentless racing from Vervaeke 🥵

Louis Vervaeke led over the first KOM of the day on Stage 3 at Tour de Suisse, but what really stood out was his aggression. His Attack Intensity over the first hour shows just how much effort went into fighting for maximum KOM points.

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Attack Intensity shows how aggressively a rider has been racing by combining average power, time spent above threshold, and the number and severity of meaningful 10-second-plus accelerations.

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𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐜𝐍𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐲:
📏 Distance: 240m
⏱️ Time: 36"
💨 Avg speed: 24.0km/h
🌪️ Max speed: 26.4km/h
⚡ Avg power: 700W
💥 Max power: 960W
📈 Avg gradient: 11.1%

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Making 11.1% look flat 🤯

Brandon McNulty set a brutal pace at the start of the final climb on Stage 2 of the Tour de Suisse, averaging 700W for 36 seconds before Jhonatan Narváez and Tadej Pogačar launched their attacks one kilometre later.

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𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝟭.𝟮𝗸𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗯
⏱️ Time: 3‘58“
💨 Avg speed: 19.3km/h
🌪 Max speed: 25.3km/h
⚡️Avg power: 450w
💥 Max power: 670w
📈 VAM: 1854m/h
🚵 Avg gradient: 9.7%

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Grueling effort for a coveted win 💥

Romain Grégoire fought hard on the final climb to stay into the winning breakaway as he triumphed on Stage 2 of the Tour de Suisse 2026.

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A high score means the rider has not just ridden hard, but has repeatedly surged, attacked, or responded to attacks in a way that compounds the physical toll. 51-70 is high, 71-90 is very high, 90+ is extreme. Red Zone means riding above their threshold.

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A big day in the break for Loulou 🥵

Julian Alaphilippe had to push significant watts to keep the pace of the breakaway on Stage 2 of the Tour de Suisse 2026. (1/4)

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Attack Intensity shows how aggressively a rider has been racing by combining average power, time spent above threshold, and the number and severity of meaningful 10-second-plus accelerations.

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⏱️ Time: 7'58"
💨 Avg speed: 25.5km/h
🌪️ Max speed: 33.5km/h
⚡ Avg power: 430W
💥 Max power: 800W

🔴 Time in Red Zone: 5'22" (67%)

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Straight into the Red Zone 🔴

Ilan Van Wilder kicked off Stage 2 of the Tour de Suisse with a demanding effort on the opening 3.3km of the Monte Ceneri (Cat. 2), spending 67% of the sector in the Red Zone, above his sustainable threshold power.

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A textbook UAE demolition job 😲💥

UAE Team Emirates-XRG blew the race apart with an exceptional team performance from the very start, setting up Tadej Pogačar to launch his race-winning move more than 70km from the finish on Stage 1 of the 2026 Tour de Suisse.

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Pogi making 500w+ look like Z2 😎

Tadej Pogačar rode away from his general classification rivals with 71.6km of Stage 1 of the @tds remaining and went on to win solo by 2:14.
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𝐓𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐣 𝐏𝐨𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐫
⏱️ Time: 39‘05“
💨 Avg speed: 39.0km/h
🌪️ Max speed: 80.6km/h
⚡ Avg power: 300w
💥 Max power: 860w
💪🏼 Normalised Power: 350w

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Faster than Pog in the final 25.3 km 😲

Andrea Bagioli put down some impressive numbers in pursuit of Tadej Pogačar and Richard Carapaz over the final 25.3 km, attacking solo from Group 3 and eventually finishing third, 2’29” behind the Slovenian.

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𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐁𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐢
⏱️ Time: 37‘57“
💨 Avg speed: 40.0km/h
🌪️ Max speed: 81.1km/h
⚡ Avg power: 350w
💥 Max power: 800w
💪🏼 Normalised Power: 370w