Modeling performance of elite cyclists: The effect of training on performance

Both coaches and cyclists nowadays determine the training schedules for important races based on experience<br/>and gut-feeling. Data are available for the evaluation of training schedules, but a sound scientific<br/>method of accomplishing this does not yet exist. The biggest hurdle in developing such a method for cycling<br/>is the absence of...

Optimal Team Time Trial Strategy in Road Cycling: Optimisation of Changing Strategy using a Mathematical Performance model

During team time trials in road cycling changing schemes are used to spread the workload over the cyclists in the team. Models that provide predictions of race performance already exist for individual time trials. It is proposed that with a performance model for team time trials, the performance of different strategies can be compared and...