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Training characteristics of male and female World Tour professional road cyclists before the competitive phase

Manuel Mateo-March
1
,
David Barranco-Gil
2
,
Xabier Muriel
3
,
Jesús G. Pallarés
4
,
Pedro L. Valenzuela
5, 6

  1. Department of Sport Sciences, Sports Research Center, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Alicante, Spain
  2. Department of Sports Sciences. Faculty of Medicine, Health and Sports, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
  3. Health, Physical Activity, and Sports Science Laboratory, Department of Physical Activity and Sports, Faculty of Education and Sport, University of Deusto, San Sebastián, Spain
  4. Human Performance and Sports Science Laboratory, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain
  5. GENUD Toledo Research Group, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Toledo, Spain
  6. Department of Systems Biology, University of Alcalá, Madrid, Spain
Biol Sport. 2026;43:933–940
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2026.156234
Online publish date: 2026/02/23
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