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Strava’s ambition is to improve the experience of the 90 million athletes in its community (the leading social network for athletes). Since October 6, the app allows personal heatmap tracking on mobile and better readability of typologies on maps.
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PERSONAL HEATMAPS ON MOBILE
What’s new? Previously only available on the web version, personal heatmaps are now accessible on mobile. This improvement allows you to switch between your personal heatmap and the global heatmap directly from your mobile to see at a glance the areas around you that remain to be explored.
There’s nothing like seeing your heatmap grow as you discover new territories and plan your next rides accordingly…
How to access it? To access the personal heatmap on mobile: Maps tab then activate the personal heatmap filter. To put global and personal heatmaps into perspective: Maps tab > Map Layers.
TERRAIN TYPOLOGY
What’s new? Dirt, cobblestones, asphalt… Until now, it was possible to create routes by choosing the type of terrain from the route builder. Now, activity tracks indicate the types of surfaces, allowing for better documentation of rides and adventures that are sometimes fraught with pitfalls. After elevation, gradient, heart rate, pace, temperature, and time maps, Strava adds a new map type more suitable for off-road athletes, whether cycling or running.
How to access it? From an activity > Edit activity > Change map type
PARIS-ROUBAIX 2021: AUDREY CORDON-RAGOT, FASTER THAN THE MEN ON THE COBBLES
A major milestone was reached for women’s cycling on October 2 at the legendary Paris-Roubaix with the organization of the first women’s race. They too were treated to the cobbled sections that made the Queen of the Classics famous, bringing their share of surprises and twists.
But did you know that it was a woman who excelled last weekend on the cobblestones? This is revealed by the analysis of rider data from each of the men’s and women’s races.
The women’s race featured 17 cobbled sectors for a total of 26.68 km. The average time for women finishers on these 17 segments was 41 minutes 40 seconds. It turns out that the queen of the cobblestones (with a public activity) is the French rider Audrey Cordon-Ragot (8th), French time trial champion, who completed the cobblestones in 37 minutes 49 seconds with an average speed of 42 km/h.
Although the terrain and weather were less favorable for the men’s race, Strava data analysis shows that she was 3.5 km/h faster than the king of the cobblestones, Florian Vermeersch (2nd overall). The latter delivered an exceptional performance for his first participation at 22 years old in Paris-Roubaix, recording the best speed on the 30 cobbled segments: 38.5 km/h for 1 hour 23 minutes 16 seconds.
Admittedly, the men had twice the distance to cover on cobblestones (53.21 km) and the terrible weather on Sunday made their task even more difficult, but this impressive female performance is no less remarkable. Finally, it should be noted that the male pro finishers spent an average of 1 hour and 32 minutes battling the cobblestones.
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