Success in elite cycling: A prospective and retrospective analysis of race results

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1149-1156

  Schumacher, Yorck Olaf ^a   Mroz, Roman ^a   Mueller, Peter ^b   Schmid, Andreas ^a   Ruecker, Gerta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b German Cycling Federation   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competition; Cycling; Elite; Prospective analysis; Retrospective analysis

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATTITUDE; CAREER; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPORTS SCIENCE; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BICYCLING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33750078974     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410500457299     Document Type: Article

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