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[quote="mtbtomo"]28.30 for a 10? Not meSorry, must have misread something then!
It's no use being 'slippy' and not having the power.
Worth having a look at the "what power for a 19" thread on the timetriallingforum! Certainly got me thinking about how slippy I am.
My point was he has got the power and if he has the CdA then there's the potential to do VERY well. Certainly a lot better than your average club cyclist.
You'd need to define "average club cyclist" 😉 Though I don't disagree.
FTP is an approximation of L2 lactate threshold or more accurately onset of blood lactate, its the most significant metric for pretty much any form of competitive cycling (possibly excluding track sprinting), doesnt different mean power profiles won't suit different events but there's a reason it's the oft quoted gold standard for overall performance.
A good FTP is helpful in bunch racing and 340 W at 65 kg is very good indeed. However, it won't get you results on its own. You need the tactics and the ability to go very hard for shorter periods of time with limited recovery too. For example, in a hard circuit race, I've averaged just below my FTP for an hour even though 25% of the time was spent in Z1. There were 10 x 30-second efforts at 150% FTP or more, including one at 200% and 8 x 10-second efforts at 200% FTP, some of these only a minute apart.