Physical demands of sprinting in professional road cycling
Document Type
Journal Article
Publisher
Georg Thieme Verlag
Place of Publication
Stuttgart, Germany
School
School of Medical and Health Sciences
RAS ID
19643
Abstract
The aim of this study was to quantify the demands of road competitions ending with sprints in male professional cycling. 17 races finished with top-5 results from 6 male road professional cyclists (age, 27.0±3.8 years; height, 1.76±0.03 m; weight, 71.7±1.1 kg) were analysed. SRM power meters were used to monitor power output, cadence and speed. Data were averaged over the entire race, different durations prior to the sprint (60, 10, 5 and 1 min) and during the actual sprint. Variations in power during the final 10 min of the race were quantified using exposure variation analysis. This observational study was conducted in the field to maximize the ecological validity of the results. Power, cadence and speed were statistically different between various phases of the race (p
DOI
10.1055/s-0035-1554697
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Comments
Menaspà, P., Quod, M., Martin, D. T., Peiffer, J. J. & Abbiss, C. R. (2015). Physical Demands of Sprinting in Professional Road Cycling." International journal of sports medicine, 36(13), 1058. doi: 10.1055/s-0035-1554697. Available here