Aerodynamic characteristics as determinants of the drafting effect in cycling

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 170-176

  Edwards, Andy G ^a   Byrnes, William C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cycling tactics; Formation aerodynamics; Group aerodynamics; Peloton

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALCULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYCLING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKILL; SPORTING EVENT; VELOCITY;

ADULT; AIR MOVEMENTS; BICYCLING; BODY SIZE; COLORADO; EXERTION; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 33846220155     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000239400.85955.12     Document Type: Article

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