DATA DIVE: LUCY CHARLES-BARCLAY WINS ESPORTS CYCLING RACE WITH 268 WATTS AVERAGE POWER

Lucy Charles-Barclay dominated proceedings to storm to victory during Tuesday’s Super League Triathlon eSports Cycling Series with an average power of 268 watts.

The 26-year-old triple Ironman World Championship runner-up produced 4.5 watts per kg with a normalised power of 287 watts at the UCI Worlds Harrogate Circuit on Zwift.

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Charles-Barclay led a British one-two with Emma Pallant finishing less than a second behind after leading into the finish straight recording the highest average power of 292 watts and sharing the largest watts per kg at 4.9 with Brazilian, Djenyfer Arnold, who finished 7th.

Super League athletes Luisa Baptista, Sophie Coldwell and Ilaria Zane finished third, fourth and 12th respectively.

Here’s how some of the numbers stacked up:

PODIUM

Lucy Charles-Barclay (Great Britain)
Position: 1
Time: 42:26
Average power: 268w
Normalised power: 289w
Watts per kg: 4.5
Ave heart rate: 172bpm

Emma Pallant (Great Britain)
Position: 2
Time: 42:27
Average power: 292w
Normalised power: 299w
Watts per kg: 5
Ave heart rate: 155bpm

Luisa Baptista (Brazil)
Position: 3
Time: 42:43
Average power: 248w
Normalised power: 259w
Watts per kg: 4.6
Ave heart rate: 170bpm

SELECTED OTHERS

Sophie Coldwell (Great Britain)
Position: 4
Time: 43:01
Average power: 251w
Normalised power: 270w
Watts per kg: 4.3
Ave heart rate: 175bpm

Lucy Hall (Great Britain)
Position: 6
Time: 43:04
Average power: 258w
Normalised power: 276w
Watts per kg: 4.2
Ave heart rate: 180bpm

Helen Jenkins (Great Britain)
Position: 8
Time: 45:40
Average power: 238w
Normalised power: 242w
Watts per kg: 4.2
Ave heart rate: 162bpm

Ilaria Zane (Italy)
Position: 12
Time: 51:51
Average power: 258w
Normalised power: 266w
Watts per kg: 3.5
Ave heart rate: 168bpm