Vol. 14 No. 2 (2025): Special Issue of the 2025 Science & Cycling Congress | Lille - June

Science & Cycling Conference, Lille 2025

• The impact of drivetrain configuration on overall cycling efficiency: simulations, experiments and case studies from World Tour time trialing

  Bart Blockmans, Sander Laseur, Hugo de Jong, Viktor Verschaeve, Bruno De Naeyer, Roëll van Druten

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• The Effects of Different Indoor and Outdoor Cycling Environments on Lower Limb Muscle Activation

  Wei-Chi Tasi, Yung-Hsiu Tseng, Hsin-Huan Wang, Zi-Jun Lin, Chia-Yi Lu, Chia-Hsiang Chen

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• Heat Acclimatization: Bridging the Gap Between High Performance and General Health

  Alberto Hermo Argibay, Jose Luis Sánchez-Jiménez, Susana Rovira-Llopis, Jose I. Priego-Quesada, Víctor M. Víctor

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• Exogenous Ketosis Increases D-β-Hydroxybutyrate Concentrations in Human Cerebrospinal Fluid

  Simon K Kjær, Jens H. Voigt, Julie Bondgaard, Nikolaj Rittig, Niels Møller, Jakob Hansen, Mads Svart

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• Not Small Men: The Lack, the Need and the Implementation of Female Input in Sport Engineering, with an Emphasis on the Cycling Industry

  Mary O'Donnell

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• Traditional Resistance Training versus Torque Training: A Randomized Controlled Trial

  Raúl de Pablos, Jesús G. Pallarés, Lidia B. Alejo, Alejandro Martínez Cava, Pedro L. Valenzuela, Iván R. Sánchez-Redondo , Carlos Revuelta, Alejandro Lucía, David Barranco-Gil

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• SPORSA - Innovative Technology for Safer Cycling

  Steven Verstockt, Maarten Slembrouck, Joachim Taelman

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• Automated Data and Video Processing in Track Cycling

  Thomas Vleeschouwers, Robbe Decorte, Maarten Slembrouck, Steven Verstockt

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• Is "Big Gear" Effective for Road Cyclists? A Coach’s Standpoint to Guide Decision-Making

  José Luiz Dantas

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• Optimal Mass Scaling of Power Output for Complex Courses and its Relationship to Time-Trial Performance in Cycling

  Marton Horvath, Erik Andersson

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• The Impact of Tyre Width, Pressure and Surface Condition on Rolling Resistance and Vibration Transmission of Bicycle Tyres

  Jens Buder, Esteban Fouchard, Stefan Schwanitz

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• Effect of Heat on Psycho-Physiological Responses During a Self-Paced Cycling Time Trial

  Thibaud Pirlot, Bertrand Baron, Gilles Ravier, Alain Groslambert

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• Multidisciplinary Optimization of an Aerobar: Aerodynamics, Biomechanics, Mass and Structure

  Sébastien Terol, Antony Costes, Georges Soto-Romero

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• The Effect of Rate of W′ Utilisation and Acute Fatigue on W′ Reconstitution

  Alexander J. Welburn, Stephen J. Bailey, Richard A. Ferguson

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• Optimizing Cycling Time Trial Performance in Zwift: Validation of the PACE Model for Pacing Strategy

  Matthew Van Dyck, Simon Dierickx, Michael Ghijs, Jan Boone, Kevin Caen

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• A Novel Energy Imbalance Approach Applied to Rolling Resistance Assessment in Cycling

  Manuel Sellier, Samuel Bellenoue

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• Effects of Different Inclines on Lower Limb Muscle Activation During Cycling

  Yung-Hsiu Tseng, Wei-Lun Yen, Kung-I Chen, Hsin-Huan Wang, Zi-Jun Lin, Chia-Yi Lu, Wei-Chi Tasi, Chia-Hsiang Chen

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• Effect of Carbohydrate Ingestion on the Power-Duration Relationship Following Prolonged Endurance Exercise in the Moderate Exercise Intensity Domain

  Bernardo Norte, Mollie M. Slinn, Kelsie O. Johnson, Elizabeth Mahon, Sam O. Shepherd, Juliette A. Strauss

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• Modeling vs. Measuring: How Accurate Is the Calculated Maximal Lactate Steady State?

  Mattice Sablain, Kobe Vermeire, Jan Boone

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• Clustering Professional Road Cycling Races into Distinctive Race Profiles

  Annemiek Roete, Marije Elferink-Gemser, Robert Lamberts, Matthias Kempe

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• The Influence of Prior Accumulated Work on the Torque-Cadence Relationship in Junior Cyclists

  Andrea Giorgi, Borja Martinez-Gonzalez, Maurizio Vicini, Matteo Tarocchi, Pietro Amedeo Modesti, Peter Leo

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• The Relationship Between Durability and Simulated Cycling Performance

  George Evans, Daniel Muniz-Pumares

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• Training modification decision-making and the role of athlete monitoring in elite endurance sports coaching: An instrumental case study of a world-class cycling coach and a world-class development rowing coach

  Wouter Piet Timmerman, Mandy Stanley, Annette Raynor, Nathan Lawler, Chris Abbiss

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• Applications of Language Modelling for a Cycling Aerodynamics’ Coach

  Callum Barnes, James Hopker, Stuart Gibson

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• Sodium Bicarbonate Ingestion for Performance Enhancement in Cycling: From Original Concept to Endurance Ergogenic

  Andy Sparks

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• Pelvic Motion and Saddle Pressure of Female and Male Cyclists during a Cycling Specific Graded Exercise Test

  Frank I. Michel, Ingvar Vollprecht, Stefan Schwanitz, Jürgen Edelmann-Nusser

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• Influence of Seating Posture and Gender on Pelvic Movement and Saddle Pressure during Cycling

  Frank I. Michel, Ingvar Vollprecht, Stefan Schwanitz, Jürgen Edelmann-Nusser

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