{"id":2737,"date":"2005-01-01T16:01:56","date_gmt":"2005-01-01T15:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mapeisport.it\/attivita-scientifica\/physiological-correlates-to-off-road-cycling-performance\/"},"modified":"2023-03-17T16:50:28","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T15:50:28","slug":"physiological-correlates-to-off-road-cycling-performance","status":"publish","type":"attivita-scientifica","link":"https:\/\/www.mapeisport.it\/en\/attivita-scientifica\/physiological-correlates-to-off-road-cycling-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Physiological correlates to off-road cycling performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Impellizzeri FM<sup>1<\/sup>, Rampinini E<sup>1<\/sup>, Sassi A<sup>1<\/sup>, Mognoni P<sup>1<\/sup>, Marcora SM<sup>1<\/sup><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">1, Human Performance Lab, Sport Service MAPEI, Castellanza, Varese, Italy; 2, Consiglio Nazionale di Ricerca Istituto Bioimmagini e Fisiologia Molecolare, Segrate, Milano, Italy;3, School of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences, University of Wales Bangor, George Building, Holyhead Road, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2PX, UK<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8712\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mapeisport.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/JSS-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"212\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The aim of this study was to examine the relationships between maximal and submaximal tests for aerobic fitness and performance in an off-road cross-country circuit race. Thirteen competitive off-road male cyclists participated in the study. Peak oxygen uptake (VO<sub>2peak<\/sub>), peak power output, and lactate thresholds corresponding to 1 mmol x l<sup>-1<\/sup> above baseline (lactate threshold) and to 4 mmol x l<sup>-1<\/sup> (onset of blood lactate accumulation) were measured during an incremental cycling test. Race time and final ranking within the same group of cyclists were determined during a cross-country off-road competition. All correlations between the measured parameters of aerobic fitness and off-road cycling performance were significant, particularly between race time and physiological parameters scaled to body mass<sup>0.79 <\/sup>(r = -0.68 to -0.94; P &lt; 0.05) and between final ranking and physiological parameters expressed relative to body mass<sup>0.79 <\/sup>(r = -0.81 to &#8211; 0.96; P &lt; 0.001). Moreover, there was a large difference (effect sizes = 1.12-1.70) in all measured parameters of aerobic fitness between the group of six cyclists with a race time above the median and the group of six cyclists with a race time below the median (P &lt; 0.05). In conclusion, the results of this study provide empirical support to the widespread use of these maximal (VO<sub>2peak<\/sub>, peak power output) and submaximal (lactate thresholds) parameters of aerobic fitness in the physiological assessments of off-road cyclists. Furthermore, our results suggest body size should be taken into account when evaluating such athletes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">J Sports Sci. 2005 Jan;23(1):41-7.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"id-label\">PMID:\u00a0<\/span><strong class=\"current-id\" title=\"PubMed ID\">15841594\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/strong><span class=\"id-label\">DOI: <\/span><a class=\"id-link\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/02640410410001730061\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-ga-category=\"full_text\" data-ga-action=\"DOI\">10.1080\/02640410410001730061<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8713,"template":"","categories":[763,872,873,859],"tags":[192,197,908,924,455],"class_list":["post-2737","attivita-scientifica","type-attivita-scientifica","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ciclismo-en","category-cycling-2-en","category-sport-performance-en","category-testing-en","tag-aldo-sassi-en","tag-ermanno-rampinini-en","tag-franco-impellizzeri-en","tag-piero-mognoni-en","tag-samuele-marcora-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Physiological correlates to off-road cycling performance - Mapei Sport<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mapeisport.it\/en\/attivita-scientifica\/physiological-correlates-to-off-road-cycling-performance\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Physiological correlates to off-road cycling performance - Mapei Sport\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Impellizzeri FM1, Rampinini E1, Sassi A1, Mognoni P1, Marcora SM1 1, Human Performance Lab, Sport Service MAPEI, Castellanza, Varese, Italy; 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