THE SHORT ANSWER
Alex Dowsett, former hour record holder, time trial specialist, has appeared on the Roadman Cycling Podcast 3 times. Here's where Dowsett lands on FTP and threshold power. The positions below are drawn from those conversations, quoted directly.
WHO IS ALEX DOWSETT?
Alex Dowsett is the rare WorldTour rider whose entire career was built on aerodynamics, time-trialling, and methodical preparation rather than raw climbing wattage. The 2015 Hour Record (52.937km), six British TT titles, and a Giro d'Italia stage win came from being the most prepared rider on the start line, not the most genetically gifted. He has also been one of cycling's most public haemophilia campaigners, founding Little Bleeders to support kids with bleeding disorders into sport. His post-retirement coaching and content work — including Astana's aero programme — make him a current voice on what amateurs get wrong about position, equipment, and pacing.
DOWSETT ON FTP
Dowsett’s key positions on FTP and threshold power.
- Aerodynamics is the cheapest watts amateurs ignore — position and skinsuit fit beat power upgrades for almost every age-grouper on flat or rolling terrain.
- Pacing the Hour Record is a discipline most amateurs cannot replicate — the brain wants to surge, the body needs absolutely flat power for sixty minutes.
- Time-trial preparation is a long-arc project — a Hour Record bike, position, and pacing model takes 18+ months to build, not a training block.
- Haemophilia did not stop a WorldTour career — adaptive training and medical support are the difference, not avoidance of the sport.
- Most amateur TT mistakes happen in the first 5km — going out too hard from a standing start blows the entire effort before the engine has settled.
IN DOWSETT’S OWN WORDS
Verbatim from Alex Dowsett’s appearances on the podcast.
“Tom fan Ashbrook just transformed him on the bike and he messaged me couple of weeks later he like M I've never been able to do 400 wats on a Time bike and now I I could do it without thinking and I feel like I look 10 times more aerodynamic.”
“National 25 I did 425 Watts for 40 six minutes and finished fifth it's Archer Bal bigam um or fourth Arch bigam Chris fennel and me.”
“I have a little on my Garin screen I have a little piece of tape where the power should be and it says 465 Watts because that's the most I ever averaged for a TT just in Mark a pen and it kind of makes me smile during the TT so and then just not knowing I ride it on feel.”
“I chat to that kid and it's phenomenal like he talks like somebody who's being in the middle of a lead out train and a grand tour I'm like how does he know this how does he know you can move through a gap open the Gap versus moving through a gap and close a gap like there are experiences that need to have been lived but he somehow seems to know this stuff”
HEAR IT ON THE PODCAST
Episodes where Alex Dowsett covers FTP and threshold power and related ground.
FREQUENTLY ASKED
What does Alex Dowsett say about FTP and threshold power?
Alex Dowsett, former hour record holder, time trial specialist, has appeared on the Roadman Cycling Podcast 3 times. Here's where Dowsett lands on FTP and threshold power. The positions below are drawn from those conversations, quoted directly.
What is Dowsett's main point on ftp?
Aerodynamics is the cheapest watts amateurs ignore — position and skinsuit fit beat power upgrades for almost every age-grouper on flat or rolling terrain.
Which Roadman Cycling Podcast episodes cover Alex Dowsett on ftp?
Dowsett discusses FTP and threshold power in these episodes: "13 Years of Pro Riding: What Amateurs Don't Know | Dowsett", "Alex Dowsett Opens Up About Benji & Lanterne Rouge | RDMN Clips", "Dowsett Opens Up About Why It Was Time To Quit Cycling".