Nutritional behavior of cyclists during a 24-hour team relay race: A field study report

Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Bescós, Raúl ^a   Rodríguez, Ferran A ^a   Iglesias, Xavier ^a   Knechtle, Beat ^b   Benítez, Adolfo ^a   Marina, Míchel ^a   Padullés, Josep M ^a   Torrado, Priscila ^a   Vazquez, Jairo ^a   Rosemann, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bicycling; Descriptive study; Energy balance; Hydration; Macronutrient consumption; Ultra endurance; Weighed dietary record

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856570374     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15502783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1550-2783-9-3     Document Type: Article

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