A comparison of ultra-endurance cyclists in a qualifying ultra-cycling race for Paris-Brest-Paris and Race Acros America-Swis Cycling Marathon

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 96-110

  Knechtle, Beat ^a   Wirth, Andrea ^a   Knechtle, Patrizia ^a   Alexander Rüst, Christoph ^b   Roseman, Thomas ^b  

^a Gesundheitszentrum St Gallen ^*  (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; FITNESS; FRANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SWITZERLAND; TIME;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BICYCLING; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL EXERTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84861373542     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 1558688X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/05.PMS.114.1.96-110     Document Type: Article

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