Within-season distribution of external training and racing workload in professional male road cyclists
dc.contributor.author | Metcalfe, Alan J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Menaspà, Paolo | |
dc.contributor.author | Villerius, Vincent | |
dc.contributor.author | Quod, Marc | |
dc.contributor.author | Peiffer, Jeremiah J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Govus, Andrew | |
dc.contributor.author | Abbiss, Chris R. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-10T08:15:22Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-09-10T00:00:00Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-09-10T08:15:22Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-04-30 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Metcalfe AJ, Menaspà P, Villerius V, Quod M, Peiffer JJ, Govus AD, Abbiss CR (2017) 'Within-season distribution of external training and racing workload in professional male road cyclists', International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 12 (Suppl 2), pp.S2142-S2146. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1555-0265 | |
dc.identifier.pmid | 27918669 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1123/ijspp.2016-0396 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10547/624484 | |
dc.description.abstract | To describe the within-season external workloads of professional male road cyclists for optimal training prescription. Training and racing of 4 international competitive professional male cyclists (age 24 ± 2 y, body mass 77.6 ± 1.5 kg) were monitored for 12 mo before the world team-time-trial championships. Three within-season phases leading up to the team-time-trial world championships on September 20, 2015, were defined as phase 1 (Oct-Jan), phase 2 (Feb-May), and phase 3 (June-Sept). Distance and time were compared between training and racing days and over each of the various phases. Times spent in absolute (<100, 100-300, 400-500, >500 W) and relative (0-1.9, 2.0-4.9, 5.0-7.9, >8 W/kg) power zones were also compared for the whole season and between phases 1-3. Total distance (3859 ± 959 vs 10911 ± 620 km) and time (240.5 ± 37.5 vs 337.5 ± 26 h) were lower (P < .01) in phase 1 than phase 2. Total distance decreased (P < .01) from phase 2 to phase 3 (10911 ± 620 vs 8411 ± 1399 km, respectively). Mean absolute (236 ± 12.1 vs 197 ± 3 W) and relative (3.1 ± 0 vs 2.5 ± 0 W/kg) power output were higher (P < .05) during racing than training, respectively. Volume and intensity differed between training and racing over each of 3 distinct within-season phases. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Human Kinetics | en_US |
dc.relation.url | https://journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/ijspp/12/s2/article-pS2-142.xml | en_US |
dc.rights | Blue - can archive post-print (ie final draft post-refereeing) or publisher's version/PDF | |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | * |
dc.subject | cycling | en_US |
dc.subject | Subject Categories::C600 Sports Science | en_US |
dc.title | Within-season distribution of external training and racing workload in professional male road cyclists | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1555-0273 | |
dc.identifier.journal | International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance | en_US |
dc.date.updated | 2020-09-10T08:12:35Z | |
dc.description.note | open access |