Racing cyclist power requirements in the 4000-m individual and team pursuits

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1677-1685

  Broker, Jeffrey P ^a   Kyle, Chester R ^a   Burke, Edmund R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Bicycle; Dynamometer; Elite cyclists; Math model; Power output; Pursuit racing; Velocity; Wind tunnel; World records

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; CYCLING; DYNAMOMETRY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; VELOCITY;

EID: 0032705416     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199911000-00026     Document Type: Article

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