"The Battle for Sa Calobra" - How long can I ride at Tom Pidcock's KOM pace?

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  • Опубліковано 8 тра 2024
  • There is no doubt, I loved tackling Sa Calobra again. Even more so when a champ like Tom Pidcock is the rider you have to chase down at the top of the Strava Leaderboard! So much fun and very inspiring!
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  • @edlaverack
    @edlaverack  Місяць тому +1

    A follow up video taking all about my training leading up to this. I hope there are some things you can use in your own cycling :
    ❤How I climbed Sa Calobra in 24 minutes // The Training and Preparation
    ua-cam.com/video/nCIqyZJOEqs/v-deo.html

  • @edlaverack
    @edlaverack  Місяць тому +46

    It would really mean a lot if we could make this video the most watched episode on the channel! 57k views to beat from the previous Sa Calobra video! Help me achieve that by sharing, liking, subbing and commenting below. TY :)

  • @stevenfreeman7798
    @stevenfreeman7798 Місяць тому +22

    Brilliant effort Ed well done!. You should be proud!!. Thousands and thousands of people attempt this climb to be 2nd only behind a classic winning top professional is an incredible achievement!!.

  • @crankgreenwatts
    @crankgreenwatts Місяць тому +11

    Amazing Ed 🙌 This editing brought a tear to the eye 😢 You have a very humble, inclusive, approach to what you do that makes you a stand out ambassador for the sport 🙌 I reckon Tom would go for it with you together, as a collab, as seems so down to earth; obviously schedules aligning 🤞 Lets go #EdMode 🚀 And hope you both have an amazing vacation 💑

  • @jamesprince8753
    @jamesprince8753 Місяць тому

    FANTASTIC! Bravo Ed 🤩. Thanks for the show, insight to the numbers and really great overlay to the effort.

  • @paultowns9880
    @paultowns9880 Місяць тому

    Chapeau Ed. Fantastic effort and a great video.

  • @ewanmackenzie6777
    @ewanmackenzie6777 Місяць тому +1

    Congrats Ed, well done, you are flying, keep it up Bro!

  • @philballphotography
    @philballphotography Місяць тому +5

    Its great to see you set a new PR! Well done.

  • @MichaelThorne_za
    @MichaelThorne_za Місяць тому +3

    The suspense! 😅 Well done. Great personal record and some awesome footage. 👏

  • @jono1457-qd9ft
    @jono1457-qd9ft Місяць тому +6

    Good warm up Ed. Now you're ready for the big effort 😊

  • @stephane_g78
    @stephane_g78 Місяць тому

    Well done! Epic and really inspiring as usual. And that intro 👌

  • @johnmcculloch1050
    @johnmcculloch1050 Місяць тому +1

    Well done Ed, fantastic effort 👏👏👏

  • @patrickaulkemeyer1172
    @patrickaulkemeyer1172 Місяць тому

    Great Effort. You are very inspiring as a person and an athlete❤

  • @martinandrews2860
    @martinandrews2860 Місяць тому +1

    Excellent effort. Excellent vid. My HR rose just watching it. Well done. Amazing. M

  • @bigt2794
    @bigt2794 Місяць тому +1

    Fantastic effort Ed 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @samuelreynaud361
    @samuelreynaud361 28 днів тому +1

    Loved it, especially the soundtrack

  • @JSC131
    @JSC131 Місяць тому +1

    Phenomenal effort Ed well done the welsh were behind you.

  • @ridley8340
    @ridley8340 Місяць тому +1

    Great ride Ed well done, I know how that feels.

  • @ethangodridge6833
    @ethangodridge6833 Місяць тому +1

    Great video and effort mate

  • @tarandcementcyclingwithatt3809
    @tarandcementcyclingwithatt3809 Місяць тому +1

    Ed you are The Man,well done☘️

  • @andrew300169
    @andrew300169 Місяць тому +1

    Amazing effort, well done.

  • @byronhardin6472
    @byronhardin6472 Місяць тому

    Great effort Ed, well done

  • @ShawnIsBatman
    @ShawnIsBatman Місяць тому +3

    Great effort, congratulations! Now if you get the entire Ineos team give you a leadout up the climb you and Tom can have a true head-to-head comparison.

  • @craigjok
    @craigjok Місяць тому

    Congratulations on this awesome effort.

  • @petegrundy8508
    @petegrundy8508 Місяць тому +1

    Phwoahh!! Super work 💪🏻💪🏻

  • @alainpfammatter8224
    @alainpfammatter8224 Місяць тому

    Congrats for the fantastic result 👍👏

  • @veloperformance
    @veloperformance Місяць тому +1

    Cracking PB up there. Respect 👏👏

  • @-dazz-
    @-dazz- 5 днів тому

    Is my little island pretty or what? Great stuff, Ed, fantastic effort. Congrats.

  • @robdavies6041
    @robdavies6041 Місяць тому

    Brilliant ride Ed 👏

  • @masterfan0
    @masterfan0 Місяць тому

    Great effort! I love climbs, but as a 95 kg rider, you can imagine I'm slow. You're pushing almost double of my speed with same power. I gotta keep training to push more than now :)

  • @davieislay
    @davieislay Місяць тому +4

    The epitome of a happy cyclist! Great ride. 👏👏👏

  • @W60DSC
    @W60DSC Місяць тому

    Nice one Ed, fantastic PR 🎉
    Mind blowing W/kg

  • @christophecontant4856
    @christophecontant4856 Місяць тому

    splendid effort mate you are a super climber

  • @williamstevens2382
    @williamstevens2382 Місяць тому +1

    Congrats!

  • @bicivini
    @bicivini Місяць тому

    Awesome performance mate 🙌🏽 congrats

  • @soulboy78
    @soulboy78 Місяць тому +1

    Well played Ed and kudos on getting a PB. Watching this has given me inspiration to try and beat my PB next week albeit 30 mins slower than yourself 🤣🚴👌👍

    • @edlaverack
      @edlaverack  Місяць тому

      That's what I like to hear!!

  • @kennethstewart5778
    @kennethstewart5778 Місяць тому

    Congratulations Ed, fantastic effort, rode it March 40 mins so 16 min quicker ! Wow! Superb graphics! All best next target 🎉👌🚴

  • @user-fy6nj1wf5v
    @user-fy6nj1wf5v Місяць тому +1

    Brilliant Ed

  • @stevemiell4555
    @stevemiell4555 Місяць тому +1

    Phenomenal effort & congrats on the PB, can't wait for the Ventoux vids, it's a different beast from Sa Calobra!

  • @BPM2001
    @BPM2001 Місяць тому

    aweseme, so much ed power!!

  • @Chris-dw3xl
    @Chris-dw3xl Місяць тому

    Wow congrats just amazing

  • @vladvultur3347
    @vladvultur3347 Місяць тому

    Well done bud you need to be proud happy for you cause you could beat your previous pb . 😊

  • @HTB6493
    @HTB6493 Місяць тому

    Well done mate

  • @albandb9366
    @albandb9366 Місяць тому

    Well done 👍👍

  • @jimmyriddle50
    @jimmyriddle50 Місяць тому

    Massive well done, fantastic effort!! How could you wait to download until you got back!?!? 😉I look forward to the "Directors Cut Extended Edition". Brilliant cinematography as well, love it.

    • @edlaverack
      @edlaverack  Місяць тому +1

      Haha! Well, next up will be the full effort overlay with a deep dive in to the training leading up to it. Hopefully gain some people a few seconds themselves.

    • @jimmyriddle50
      @jimmyriddle50 Місяць тому

      @@edlaverack Great to hear! Sa Calobra Part Deux (The Return!)

  • @CycleXplorer
    @CycleXplorer Місяць тому

    Back for vengeance!
    My wife and her friends are cycling up it this weekend. I'll send it on for inspiration!

    • @edlaverack
      @edlaverack  Місяць тому

      Haha! Love to hear it! Hope they enjoy it!

  • @Hubertus-ko6yl
    @Hubertus-ko6yl Місяць тому

    Like hearing from you from Mt ventoux! - En y va.

  • @jaigeyer9596
    @jaigeyer9596 20 днів тому

    Respect.

  • @Cyclingallthetime
    @Cyclingallthetime Місяць тому +2

    Amazing effort 💪💪. If I could get down to your 61kg, I might beat my pr of 44 mins... 😂

  • @IanB17
    @IanB17 Місяць тому +1

    Great effort Ed, chapeau 👏🏻 If someone like you can’t beat Tom Pidcock’s time then unless a top pro goes for it the KOM will stand for a long long time. Anything you think you can do different next time (if there is a next time) to go sub 24:00?

    • @edlaverack
      @edlaverack  Місяць тому +1

      I reckon a few could beat Tom but It would be awesome to see others try :) To go sub 24 I think I just need another 2years of chipping away, or a better weather day, if we are talking about me improving my time solo. At this level it is literally seconds of improvement.

  • @sebasgood328
    @sebasgood328 Місяць тому

    Epic!! Awesome ride Ed, congrats mate.
    May I know what program do you use to overlay power/cadence and all that info?

    • @edlaverack
      @edlaverack  Місяць тому +1

      Thank you! Sure thing, goprotelemetryextractor.com/

  • @paulronan2103
    @paulronan2103 Місяць тому

    welll done Ed

  • @janjazbec1665
    @janjazbec1665 Місяць тому

    Great wffort ed!!

  • @marek-vm3wb
    @marek-vm3wb Місяць тому +1

    Wow nice vid

  • @Phil-dx8rw
    @Phil-dx8rw Місяць тому +1

    extremely impressive, 6.4 is incredible

  • @FoobsTon
    @FoobsTon Місяць тому

    6.5 w/kg. Gulp. I have no words. I can't even imagine how that's possible. 😮
    That's my top end 15 seconds sprint on Zwift.

  • @samwoodward1647
    @samwoodward1647 Місяць тому

    Da iawn boi👊🏼

  • @davidrook3890
    @davidrook3890 Місяць тому

    Great video Ed #EdMode

  • @bilginaydin9756
    @bilginaydin9756 Місяць тому

    2017 efforts looks strange. You improved almost 50 seconds with less power and lower HR within a week? Strong improvement in 5 and 7 years. My PB is 38:01 from 2019. Look forward to your next attempt.

    • @edlaverack
      @edlaverack  Місяць тому

      Those efforts back then were interval sessions on training camp so can't read too much in to them.

  • @risky_scalps
    @risky_scalps Місяць тому

    Imagine loosing the file of your ride/climb. Happened to me once😅 a painful memory

  • @1Lucaspeixoto
    @1Lucaspeixoto Місяць тому

    woooow

  • @glennicol1361
    @glennicol1361 Місяць тому

    Nice effort! I got a 4iiii power meter recently... Sometimes works perfectly... Sometime disconnects multiple times per minute. Have you had any issues?

    • @edlaverack
      @edlaverack  Місяць тому

      I have. Firmware issues and tends to happen if I freewheel for a while. I stop sometimes and just pop the cap off and back on as a reset and away I go with no problems. Happens less and less. They are aware of it and working on it by all accounts👍🏼

    • @glennicol1361
      @glennicol1361 Місяць тому

      Awesome! Will give that a try...Thank you!

  • @thejonesy01
    @thejonesy01 Місяць тому

    Da Iawn Ed 👍

  • @philipk4475
    @philipk4475 19 днів тому

    Great video, too bad you didn't answer or even address the question in the title! I was waiting for you to scream up there at 400 W+ to massively explode halfway...

    • @edlaverack
      @edlaverack  18 днів тому

      I didn’t need to. The answer is “of course not!”🙈But because of the speed Tom was doing up there the watts required are actually nuclear. We can make an educated guess that I’d last roughly half way (12min at 420w, 7wkg) and just about be still with Tom. But then I’d blow.

  • @JFomo
    @JFomo Місяць тому

    6.4w/kg, amazing effort. I could probably do that climb at around 2.8w/kg 😅

  • @sobhanmokhtari2016
    @sobhanmokhtari2016 Місяць тому

    How many years did you try for such a number (ftp)?

  • @user-qu2zx1fc6s
    @user-qu2zx1fc6s Місяць тому

    Bonkers

  • @Vismux69
    @Vismux69 Місяць тому

    You need ceramic speed botom bracket + ceramic speed chain and puleyhjuls then you saving around 20W+

  • @Saladh_Olivier
    @Saladh_Olivier Місяць тому

    quite sure you could make your bike and kit a bit more optimised for the segment, but that'd still be marginal, and probably wouldn't help to gain. Hats off to Tom he did his PB in Dec. Was or wasn't he paced up the hill I guess that's irrelevant to your personal PB. Great effort nevertheless!
    It's funny when one wants to hit sub-30 on that climb, another person thinks of sub-24. haha!

  • @karlwisdom7267
    @karlwisdom7267 Місяць тому

    How much calories must one be on per day to be 61kg & pushing 384w ?

    • @edlaverack
      @edlaverack  29 днів тому

      For 24min it's not a massive energy requirement. But if I was in a race and having to do that effort I would obviously need a lot more!!

  • @troycollett8540
    @troycollett8540 Місяць тому

    Did Tom do his effort solo or was he paced by INEOS

    • @eteokles3
      @eteokles3 Місяць тому

      He was paced by a scooter.

  • @Shadowboost
    @Shadowboost 14 днів тому

    Jonas could drop another minute on that KOM

    • @edlaverack
      @edlaverack  14 днів тому

      That would be awesome to see tbf. It’s class to see the World Class riders go at their speeds, even though they have bigger fish to fry

  • @KetzalSterling
    @KetzalSterling Місяць тому

    I heard that Tom's effort had a team lead out? Does anybody know if that is true? Wouldn't that be a flagged ride?

    • @edlaverack
      @edlaverack  Місяць тому

      Just echoing what I said above - I've heard all sorts of stories from the locals on the island, but at the end of the day these guys are training to hold on to the best climbers in the world. I'd argue if it was motorpaced/team paced then it's all part of training now to match the likes of Pog/Jonas.

    • @eteokles3
      @eteokles3 Місяць тому

      He was riding behind a scooter. 100% confirmed by the numbers.

  • @__marshie
    @__marshie Місяць тому

    Go full lead out and moto draft just to see the difference!
    Tom must of had some assistance.

    • @edlaverack
      @edlaverack  Місяць тому

      I'll try that one day for the laughs!

  • @guidonvanonder
    @guidonvanonder Місяць тому

    Do we know if tom's effort was motorpaced? He has a history of doing these things :P Re Coll de rates

    • @edlaverack
      @edlaverack  Місяць тому

      I've heard all sorts of stories from the locals on the island, but at the end of the day these guys are training to hold on to the best climbers in the world. I'd argue if it was motorpaced/team paced then it's all part of training now to match the likes of Pog/Jonas.

  • @NA-uu7zc
    @NA-uu7zc 24 дні тому

    How long did he manage to ride at Tom pidcock? 😂
    On Apple TV it doesn’t show me the whole title… hahah

  • @stevedouglas3975
    @stevedouglas3975 Місяць тому

    If getting the KOM is that important, why not drive there, warm up on a turbo and hit it totally fresh. Riding for 2.5 hrs before even getting to Sa Colabra must surely put some fatigue into body even if taking it easy.

    • @edlaverack
      @edlaverack  Місяць тому +1

      If I did that I wouldn't hear the end of it haha, everyone knows that riding there and then doing it is the unwritten rule!! The KOM isn't important, what is important is the PB :) Besides, 2.5hr at Z1 is very easy, performing an effort like this for me after a few hours like that is normal.

    • @stevedouglas3975
      @stevedouglas3975 Місяць тому

      @@edlaverack Absolutely agree, it wouldn't be the done thing but you know better than most people that this happens all the time with people going for KOMs. Have to say when I rode Sa Colobra last year just getting there nearly wiped me out(!). However I'm a millions miles away from your level.
      Love the videos btw.

    • @edlaverack
      @edlaverack  Місяць тому +1

      @@stevedouglas3975 Thank you Steve. It's all a bit of fun at the end of the day, and damn good training at that.

  • @rogersimmons8788
    @rogersimmons8788 Місяць тому +1

    I could probably do 23 Watts for 384 minutes.

  • @fastestmilkman3840
    @fastestmilkman3840 Місяць тому

    First? 😄

    • @edlaverack
      @edlaverack  Місяць тому +1

      You are!!

    • @fastestmilkman3840
      @fastestmilkman3840 Місяць тому

      @@edlaverack Good job btw, I would arrived 23mins after you. 🤣
      If you are doing Ventoux, make sure you pop by Pista in Bedoin for a coffee and food, JS and Kiki are brilliant there.

    • @fastestmilkman3840
      @fastestmilkman3840 Місяць тому

      @@edlaverack If you are heading to Ventoux, drop by Pista Cafe in Bedoin as it is fab. JS and Kiki are lovely and the food/coffee are fantastic.

  • @ThisIsANameBruh
    @ThisIsANameBruh Місяць тому +2

    Power meter readings from Pidcock and you make zero sense. You did 0.15 w/kg more and gained only a handful of seconds and pidcock did 0.3 more than you and gained a minute and a half?! No way. Either his power meter is way under-reading, your's is way over-reading or Pidcock was motorpaced up the climb. Even with the wind in mind, his time is INSANE for the exact same wattage between you two.

    • @jono1457-qd9ft
      @jono1457-qd9ft Місяць тому

      Different calibrations, but a PB is a PB.

    • @ThisIsANameBruh
      @ThisIsANameBruh Місяць тому +1

      @@jono1457-qd9ft different calibrations should account for 1% difference not this nonsensical mess

    • @Cyclingallthetime
      @Cyclingallthetime Місяць тому +2

      He had the Ineos team leading him up the climb... There's the difference.

    • @edlaverack
      @edlaverack  Місяць тому +1

      It's highly likely that the power meters read differently. I can only speak for the accuracy of mine over the years and my previous performances. Tom will be maybe 2kg lighter than me but chances are my bike is 0.5kg lighter. The time difference is massive considering the relative efforts, I can't see myself ever going that speed up that climb ever.

    • @ThisIsANameBruh
      @ThisIsANameBruh Місяць тому

      @@edlaverack that's the thing. If we start believing that power meters can read so completely wrong then idk man, what are we even using them for? I guess consistency is what really matters not absolute values but still... And Shimano meters have been known to exaggerate, not under-read which I assume is the case for pidcock. But difference is still too massive. I'm forced to assume he was paced

  • @shanelaird9032
    @shanelaird9032 Місяць тому +1

    Why do so many UA-camrs have the camera inches from their face? 😂

    • @edlaverack
      @edlaverack  Місяць тому +1

      Because my arm gets tired when it's miles away!

    • @shanelaird9032
      @shanelaird9032 Місяць тому

      @@edlaverack Train Harder 😂

  • @tekiccs
    @tekiccs Місяць тому

    The ride is cool, but you ramble way too much 😄

    • @edlaverack
      @edlaverack  Місяць тому

      What would you rather see in a video like this? In my opinion we don’t hear enough chat and behind the scenes of things like this. It’s why the videos are quite unpolished.

  • @simonrano8072
    @simonrano8072 Місяць тому

    How this climb could be a world most popular when a second fiddle like Pidcock beat the time of a nobody ?

    • @edlaverack
      @edlaverack  Місяць тому

      I wouldn't say it's the world's most popular!

    • @michaelcripps131
      @michaelcripps131 Місяць тому +1

      Second fiddle? The lad won on Alpe D' Huez, has been a world champ on the MTB. He still has time to develop. Everyone is comparing people to Pog which is ridiculous because there are still some incredibly talented guys out there. Winds me up to be honest.......