Racing Categories Based on FTP

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@kelseyh

I don’t think women’s FTPs are, on average, a whole 2 W/kg lower than men, which is what these categories seem to suggest.

They’re not, and we’ve got data on this:

• Andy Coggan’s classic (but possibly dated?) W/kg chart that breaks down power into USAC categories.
• Graphs from CyclingAnalytics
• Graphs from TR user data

2.5 W/kg is roughly average for TR users, below average for CyclingAnalytics users, and USAC Cat 5 in Coggan’s chart. @malkor, your chart (sorry!) the chart from your org dumps almost all competitive-level women into the same bracket.