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Tour de France versus Vuelta a Espa??a: Which Is Harder?
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PURPOSE: To compare the total exercise loads (intensity x volume) of the Vuelta a España and Tour de France during the last year. METHODS: Seven professional road cyclists (28 +/- 1 yr; [OV0312]O(2max): 74.6 +/- 2.2 mL.kg-1.min-1) who participated in both Tour and Vuelta during the years 1997, 1999, 2000, or 2001 were collected as subjects. They wore a heart rate (HR) telemeter during each stage of the two races, and exercise intensity was divided into three phases according to the reference HR values obtained during a previous ramp cycle-ergometer test: phase I ( RCP). Total volume and intensity were integrated as a single variable. The score for volume x intensity in each phase was computed by multiplying the accumulated duration in this phase by a multiplier for this particular phase. The total score for Tour and Vuelta was obtained by summating the results of the three phases. RESULTS: The total loads (volume x intensity) did not significantly differ between the two races (P > 0.05), despite a significantly longer total exercise time of the Tour (P < 0.05) (5552 +/- 176 vs 5086 +/- 290 min). CONCLUSION: The physiological loads imposed on cyclists' bodies do not differ between the Tour and Vuelta, despite the longer duration of daily stages in the former race.
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- LUC??A, A., HOYOS, J., SANTALLA, A., EARNEST, C., & CHICHARRO, J. L.
- Venue
- Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
- Published
- 2003-05
- Volume
- 35
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 872-878
- ISSN
- 0195-9131 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2005579641
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- 268
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- FWCI
- 7.45
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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