Table 1.
Anthropometric and physiological characteristics and finishing position of cyclists who completed the Australian based race simulation and the Tour of Qinghai Lake (mean ± SD).
Table 2.
Stage categorisation, distance, average altitude and elevation gain for the Australian based race simulation and Tour of Qinghai Lake.
Table 3.
Identification of the riders (by subject number) who completed each period of data collection.
Table 4.
Distance, altitude, elevation gain, race time, and performance characteristics for rides completed in each altitude bin (mean ± SD).
Fig 1.
Time-Power, time-speed and time-heart rate relationship.
Left panels compare the lab power-profile test with the race simulation in Canberra (S 1–7) and the first 7 stages of the race in China (R 1–7); n = 10. Right panels compare Tour-H (altitude > 2000 m) with Tour-L (altitude < 2000 m); n = 9. *Power-profile significantly higher than R 1–7 (P < 0.05); # S 1–7 significantly higher than R 1–7; † power-profile significantly higher than S 1–7; ‡ R 1–7 significantly higher than S 1–7; $ Tour-L significantly higher than Tour-H.
Fig 2.
Rate of decline for specific mean maximal power as altitude increases.
RACE SIM = Race simulation completed near sea-level in Australia.
Fig 3.
Proportion of overall race time spent in relative power (a) and cadence bins (b).
RACE SIM = Race simulation completed near sea-level in Australia.