Core temperature up to 41.5ºC during the UCI Road Cycling World Championships in the heat.
Sébastien RacinaisSebastien MoussayDavid NicholsGavin TraversTaoufik BelfekihYorck Olaf SchumacherJulien D PeriardPublished in: British journal of sports medicine (2018)
85% of the cyclists participating in the study (ie, 34 of 40) reached a core temperature of at least 39°C with 25% (ie, 10 of 40) exceeding 40°C. Higher core temperatures were reached during the time trials than the RR.
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