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Pacing and Positioning Strategies During an Elite Fixed-Gear Cycling Criterium
Fixed-gear cycling performance during criteriums predominantly involves the aerobic system. Whether pacing is another important factor for performance is unknown. The purpose of the present study was to explore pacing and/or positioning strategies of fixed-gear riders during criteriums. Race results...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7739637/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33345156 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2020.586568 |
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author | Babault, Nicolas Paizis, Christos Trimble, Mary Trimble, David A. Cometti, Carole |
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description | Fixed-gear cycling performance during criteriums predominantly involves the aerobic system. Whether pacing is another important factor for performance is unknown. The purpose of the present study was to explore pacing and/or positioning strategies of fixed-gear riders during criteriums. Race results of an international fixed-gear criterium were analyzed (20 laps for women and 28 laps for men; laps = 1,270 m). Statistics were conducted on individuals lap time and positioning during the finals. Race pattern in women (n = 35) and men (n = 53) revealed that the faster laps (P < 0.05) were in the middle and at the end of the race and the slower laps (P < 0.05) were at the end of the race (laps 17–18 for women and lap 26 for men). The final ranking was significantly correlated with the mean race position (Kendall's tau = 0.664 and 0.689 for women and men, respectively). A coefficient of variation >50% revealed an important positioning variability. The best riders are mostly amongst the first during the race. However, the others exhibited larger mean position variations during the first half of the race. Our results demonstrated variable pacing strategies during fixed-gear criteriums. Although some riders had economical drafting strategies during the first half of the race, riding placed ahead during the whole race seemed to be an essential performance factor. |
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spelling | pubmed-77396372020-12-17 Pacing and Positioning Strategies During an Elite Fixed-Gear Cycling Criterium Babault, Nicolas Paizis, Christos Trimble, Mary Trimble, David A. Cometti, Carole Front Sports Act Living Sports and Active Living Fixed-gear cycling performance during criteriums predominantly involves the aerobic system. Whether pacing is another important factor for performance is unknown. The purpose of the present study was to explore pacing and/or positioning strategies of fixed-gear riders during criteriums. Race results of an international fixed-gear criterium were analyzed (20 laps for women and 28 laps for men; laps = 1,270 m). Statistics were conducted on individuals lap time and positioning during the finals. Race pattern in women (n = 35) and men (n = 53) revealed that the faster laps (P < 0.05) were in the middle and at the end of the race and the slower laps (P < 0.05) were at the end of the race (laps 17–18 for women and lap 26 for men). The final ranking was significantly correlated with the mean race position (Kendall's tau = 0.664 and 0.689 for women and men, respectively). A coefficient of variation >50% revealed an important positioning variability. The best riders are mostly amongst the first during the race. However, the others exhibited larger mean position variations during the first half of the race. Our results demonstrated variable pacing strategies during fixed-gear criteriums. Although some riders had economical drafting strategies during the first half of the race, riding placed ahead during the whole race seemed to be an essential performance factor. Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-10-08 /pmc/articles/PMC7739637/ /pubmed/33345156 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2020.586568 Text en Copyright © 2020 Babault, Paizis, Trimble, Trimble and Cometti. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Sports and Active Living Babault, Nicolas Paizis, Christos Trimble, Mary Trimble, David A. Cometti, Carole Pacing and Positioning Strategies During an Elite Fixed-Gear Cycling Criterium |
title | Pacing and Positioning Strategies During an Elite Fixed-Gear Cycling Criterium |
title_full | Pacing and Positioning Strategies During an Elite Fixed-Gear Cycling Criterium |
title_fullStr | Pacing and Positioning Strategies During an Elite Fixed-Gear Cycling Criterium |
title_full_unstemmed | Pacing and Positioning Strategies During an Elite Fixed-Gear Cycling Criterium |
title_short | Pacing and Positioning Strategies During an Elite Fixed-Gear Cycling Criterium |
title_sort | pacing and positioning strategies during an elite fixed-gear cycling criterium |
topic | Sports and Active Living |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7739637/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33345156 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2020.586568 |
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