Durability in Professional Cyclists: A Field Study.

Pedro L Valenzuela Lidia B AlejoLaureano M OzcoidiAlejandro Lucia Alfredo Santalla David Barranco-Gil

Published in: International journal of sports physiology and performance (2022)

Performance is significantly impaired after a certain amount of work completed (approximately 40 kJ·kg-1) in professional cyclists, and the magnitude of this impairment seems to be not related to "traditional" laboratory-based endurance indicators or to markers of training load. These findings might support the need for specifically assessing durability in cyclists and confirming potential determinants of this parameter.

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