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8 articles on FTP, newest first. Every one is sourced and links to the calculator it applies to.
How Enric Mas Trains (Won the Vuelta a Year After Surgery)
Mas lost half of 2025 to a blood clot and was 32nd at the Giro in May. On 13 September he won the Vuelta. How the comeback was built, block by block.
How to Set Your Training Zones (and Actually Use Them)
How to find your heart-rate, power and pace zones: pick the right anchor, test it with a field test, then train by it with a polarized week.
What's a Good FTP (and Watts per Kilogram)?
What counts as a good FTP and a good watts-per-kilogram, with ranges from beginner to pro, why W/kg beats raw watts on climbs, and how to test yours.
The Coggan Power Zones: All 7 Levels Explained (% of FTP)
Andrew Coggan's 7 power zones, each as a percentage of FTP: the watts range, what it trains, how it feels, and how to set yours from an FTP test.
The Best Free Power Zone Calculator (and How to Use It)
Enter your FTP and get all seven cycling power zones in watts, free, no email or account. How the calculator works and how to estimate FTP inside it.
How Jonas Vingegaard Trains (and Why He Rode the Giro First in 2026)
Vingegaard's training rests on measured thresholds, few race days and years of patience. The method, the 2026 Giro-Tour change, and what to copy.
How Mathieu van der Poel Trains (One Engine, Three Sports)
Van der Poel is world champion on the road, in cyclocross and on gravel. How one engine spans three disciplines, and why he isn't sure cyclocross helps his road form.
How Kasia Niewiadoma Trains (and How She Won on Mont Ventoux)
Kasia Niewiadoma soloed Mont Ventoux to take yellow at the 2026 Tour de France Femmes. The recon, the pacing and the watts per kilogram behind it.