Team Sky To Use Stages Cycling Power Meters In 2014

Team Sky To Use Stages Cycling Power Meters In 2014



Team Sky has signed an exclusive deal with Stages to replace SRM as the British WorldTour team's official power meter supplier.

SRM has provided Team Sky with power meters since the team's inception since 2010. In that time the team's riders have become high-profile advocates of training and racing with power -- with results to match following Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome's Tour de France triumphs in 2012 and 2013 respectively.


However, the team has chosen to partner with Stages for the forthcoming season. The Stages Power system, made in the USA and first unveiled in 2012, uses a small (70mm x 28mm) unit mounted to the non-driveside crank arm to record power and cadence (read our first look here), The unit adds just 20g to a Shimano Dura-Ace crank and data is sent to any compatible head unit via ANT+ or Bluetooth Smart. Team Sky has yet to confirm what head unit its riders will use.

The unit also has an in-built temperature sensor which samples the temperature every 20 seconds and automatically recalibrates the power meter, a useful function, according to Stages, if riding from an Alpine valley floor to summit or vice versa.

"As a team, we see the power meter as a very useful tool. The results that we get, both from training and racing, help us to quantify how our riders are performing, which then allows us to make informed coaching decisions," said Tim Kerrison, Team Sky's head of performance support.


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