The Difference Between Pagacha and the Rest of the World

Pagacha can go above his critical power by a lot. That's got to be huge watts, right? Way, way higher than his critical power that he could do for an hour. The ability to recover and restore that balance is probably what makes the difference between the best firecyclists in the world and everyone else. For every second you spend above your critical power, you're depleting your W prime battery. At some point when you deplete that W prime battery entirely, you pull off to the side of the road.