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Determinants of Cycling Performance: a Review of the Dimensions and Features Regulating Performance in Elite Cycling Competitions.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Interplay of Muscle Architecture, Morphology, and Quality in Influencing Human Sprint Cycling Performance: A Systematic Review.Sports medicine - open · 2024Pooled it
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- From Amateur to Professional Cycling: A Case Study on the Training Characteristics of a Zwift Academy Winner.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Do Non-Circular Chainrings Enhance Cycling Performance? A Systematic Review of Randomized Crossover Trials.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Review
- Sports Supplement Use in Road Cycling: A Comparative Analysis by Sex and Competitive Category.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The fastest nonprofessional age group IRONMAN triathletes in the world originate from Europe.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Exploratory analysis of critical event phases and the impact of team size and performance levels in 24 hour ultra cycling.PloS one · 2025Article
- Epidemiology of injury and illness across all the competitive cycling disciplines: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2025Article
- Physiological and biomechanical aspects of the first female finisher in the longest triathlon in the world - Triple Deca in Ultra Triathlon Italy 2024.EXCLI journal · 2025Article
- Cycling Isokinetic Peak Force Explains Maximal Aerobic Power and Physiological Thresholds but Not Cycling Economy in Trained Triathletes.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2024Article
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- The Characteristics of Endurance Events with a Variable Pacing Profile-Time to Embrace the Concept of "Intermittent Endurance Events"?Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
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- Core body temperature responses during competitive sporting events: A narrative review.Biology of sport · 2023Review
- Laboratory-based determinants of simulated time trial performance in cyclists.Biology of sport · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundA key tenet of sports performance research is to provide coaches and athletes with information to inform better practice, yet the determinants of athletic performance in actual competition remain an under-examined and under-theorised field. In cycling, the effects of contextual factors, presence of and interaction with opponents, environmental conditions, competition structure and socio-cultural, economic and authoritarian mechanisms on the performance of cyclists are not well understood.
objectivesTo synthesise published findings on the determinants of cyclists' behaviours and chances of success in elite competition.
methodsFour academic databases were searched for peer-reviewed articles. A total of 44 original research articles and 12 reviews met the inclusion criteria. Key findings were grouped and used to shape a conceptual framework of the determinants of performance.
resultsThe determinants of cycling performance were grouped into four dimensions: features related to the individual cyclist, tactical features emerging from the inter-personal dynamics between cyclists, strategic features related to competition format and the race environment and global features related to societal and organisational constraints. Interactions between these features were also found to shape cyclists' behaviours and chances of success.
conclusionTeam managers, coaches, and athletes seeking to improve performance should give attention to features related not only to the individual performer, but also to features of the interpersonal, strategic, global dimensions and their interactions.
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