Box Hill Strava KOM smashed by Rory Townsend
Former Irish national champion enjoys"a nice confidence booster" ahead of this week's Tour of Britain... by knocking seven seconds off previous best and conquering iconic climb at 32.7km/h ...
Add in the fact many of Box Hill's fastest times were set during pro races and you can make a fairly decent case that it is the most competitive Strava segment in the world. His power meter recorded an average power of 549w, with a 1,086w surge to get up to speed after the fairly tight turn onto the climb. Oh, and at the top, after four minutes of lung-burning effort he still managed to thrash out 730w for the 14-second sprint from the final bend.
"It was a clean run and a warm day too, which is always better when setting a time. I always go out hard on those kind of efforts, but that works well as it's a bit steeper at the bottom, then I knocked it off a bit before the final switchback to have something for the sprint at the end." We’ve noticed you’re using an ad blocker. If you like road.cc, but you don’t like ads, please consider subscribing to the site to support us directly. As a subscriber you can read road.cc ad-free, from as little as £1.99.
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