PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to quantify the effects of moderate-high altitude on power output, cadence, speed and heart rate during a multi-day cycling tour. METHODS Power output, heart rate, speed and cadence were collected from elite male road cyclists during maximal efforts of 5, 15, 30, 60, 240 and 600 s. The efforts were completed in a laboratory power-profile assessment, and s...

Background: A 42-year-old man, with no significant medical history, was admitted at the emergency department following a road traffic accident. While cycling, the patient had been hit by a car, after which he briefly lost consciousness. Upon admission, he complained of severe headache and pain in his left shoulder and thorax. Physical examination revealed stable vital parameters and a Glasgow C...

Cycling is an outdoor activity with massive health benefits, and effective solution towards sustainable urban transport. Despite these benefits the recent rising popularity of cycling, most countries still have a negligible uptake. This uptake especially low for women: there largely unexplained, persistent gender gap in cycling. To understand determinants this cycling at scale, here we use mass...

We determined if high cadences, during a prolonged cycling protocol with varying intensities (similar to race situations) decrease performance compared to cycling at a lower, more energetically optimal, cadence. Eight healthy, competitive male road cyclists (35 ± 2 yr) cycled for 180 min at either 80 or 100 rpm (randomized) with varying intensities of power outputs corresponding to 50, 65 and 8...

UNLABELLED We previously reported that a mathematical model could accurately predict steady-state road-cycling power when all the model parameters were known. Application of that model to competitive cycling has been limited by the need to obtain accurate parameter values, the non-steady-state nature of many cycling events, and because the validity of the model at maximal power has not been est...

In this study, methods for data acquisition, analysis, modelling, and simulation of performance parameters in road cycling on real tracks were developed an evaluated. A simulator was designed to facilitate the measurement in a laboratory environment . The simulation included real height profiles and a video playback that was synchronised with the cyclist’s current virtual position on the track ...