Inigo San Milan

The zones might look high but that’s because his athletes are well trained, metabolically efficient and genetically gifted. Iñigo set’s his athlete’s zone 2 around < 1.5 mmol/L, often under 1 mmol/L. Power zones are based on lactate levels and %VO2max.

Yup.

Which World Tour pro are you referring to?

He’s been most vocal these past years about Pogačar, and rightly so. But check out these resources:
#201 - Deep dive back into Zone 2 | Iñigo San-Millán, Ph.D. (Pt. 2) - Peter Attia
Assessment of Metabolic Flexibility by Means of Measuring Blood Lactate, Fat, and Carbohydrate Oxidation Responses to Exercise in Professional Endurance Athletes and Less-Fit Individuals - PubMed
• Netter’s Sports Medicine, Ch. 18, Jonh C. Hill, Inigo San Millan


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Can’t tell but he is one of the 10 best GC contenders

He won the 2020 and 2021 Tour de France, winning three different jerseys during each Tour.