Altitude and Endurance Performance in Altitude Natives versus Lowlanders: Insights from Professional Cycling.

Introduction Acute altitude exposure influences exercise performance, although most research, especially regarding altitude natives, comes from laboratory data in nonathletes.Purpose We analyzed the influence of altitude on real-world cycling performance in top-level professional cyclists attending...

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Autores: Mateo March, Manuel, Muriel, Xabier, Valenzuela Tallón, Pedro Luis, Gandia Soriano, Alexis, Zabala, Mikel, Barranco Gil, David, G. Pallarés, Jesús, Lucia, Alejandro
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
Repositorio:RUIdeRA. Repositorio Institucional de la UCLM
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10578/44095
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Palabra clave:Cycling
Endurance
Hypoxia
Power profile
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spelling Altitude and Endurance Performance in Altitude Natives versus Lowlanders: Insights from Professional Cycling.Mateo March, ManuelMuriel, XabierValenzuela Tallón, Pedro LuisGandia Soriano, AlexisZabala, MikelBarranco Gil, DavidG. Pallarés, JesúsLucia, AlejandroCyclingEnduranceHypoxiaPower profileIntroduction Acute altitude exposure influences exercise performance, although most research, especially regarding altitude natives, comes from laboratory data in nonathletes.Purpose We analyzed the influence of altitude on real-world cycling performance in top-level professional cyclists attending to whether they were altitude natives or not.Methods Thirty-three male cyclists (29 ± 5 yr) were studied and were classified as lowlanders (n = 19) or altitude natives (n = 14) attending to the altitude of their place of birth (431 ± 380 and 2583 ± 334 meters above sea level (m a.s.l.), respectively). Both groups included top 3 finishers (including winners) in the general classification of Grand Tours and major races. Using data from both training and competitions during years 2013–2020 (8 ± 5 seasons per cyclist), we registered participants’ mean maximal power (MMP) for efforts lasting 5 s, 30 s, 5 min, and 10 min, respectively, at altitudes ranging from 0–500 to >2000 m a.s.l.Results A significant altitude–MMP interaction effect (two-factor repeated-measures ANOVA) was found in lowlanders (P < 0.001) but not in altitude natives (P = 0.150). In lowlanders, individual performance decreased in a dose–response manner with increasing altitudes compared with sea (or near-sea) level (0–500 m a.s.l.), whereas this trend was much less evident in natives. A significant altitude–MMP–group effect was found (P < 0.001), with nonsignificant (and overall trivial-to-small differences) between lowlanders and altitude natives for any effort duration at altitudes =1500 m a.s.l. but with significant differences at higher altitudes (=1501 m a.s.l.).Conclusions Acute altitude exposure influences real-world performance differently in low landers and altitude natives, which might confer a competitive advantage to the latter, particularly in races including efforts at >1500 m a.s.l.American College of Sports Medicine202520252022info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/10578/44095reponame:RUIdeRA. Repositorio Institucional de la UCLMinstname:Universidad de Castilla-La ManchaInglésPI18/00139info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ruidera.uclm.es:10578/440952026-05-27T07:36:41Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Altitude and Endurance Performance in Altitude Natives versus Lowlanders: Insights from Professional Cycling.
title Altitude and Endurance Performance in Altitude Natives versus Lowlanders: Insights from Professional Cycling.
spellingShingle Altitude and Endurance Performance in Altitude Natives versus Lowlanders: Insights from Professional Cycling.
Mateo March, Manuel
Cycling
Endurance
Hypoxia
Power profile
title_short Altitude and Endurance Performance in Altitude Natives versus Lowlanders: Insights from Professional Cycling.
title_full Altitude and Endurance Performance in Altitude Natives versus Lowlanders: Insights from Professional Cycling.
title_fullStr Altitude and Endurance Performance in Altitude Natives versus Lowlanders: Insights from Professional Cycling.
title_full_unstemmed Altitude and Endurance Performance in Altitude Natives versus Lowlanders: Insights from Professional Cycling.
title_sort Altitude and Endurance Performance in Altitude Natives versus Lowlanders: Insights from Professional Cycling.
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Mateo March, Manuel
Muriel, Xabier
Valenzuela Tallón, Pedro Luis
Gandia Soriano, Alexis
Zabala, Mikel
Barranco Gil, David
G. Pallarés, Jesús
Lucia, Alejandro
author Mateo March, Manuel
author_facet Mateo March, Manuel
Muriel, Xabier
Valenzuela Tallón, Pedro Luis
Gandia Soriano, Alexis
Zabala, Mikel
Barranco Gil, David
G. Pallarés, Jesús
Lucia, Alejandro
author_role author
author2 Muriel, Xabier
Valenzuela Tallón, Pedro Luis
Gandia Soriano, Alexis
Zabala, Mikel
Barranco Gil, David
G. Pallarés, Jesús
Lucia, Alejandro
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Cycling
Endurance
Hypoxia
Power profile
topic Cycling
Endurance
Hypoxia
Power profile
description Introduction Acute altitude exposure influences exercise performance, although most research, especially regarding altitude natives, comes from laboratory data in nonathletes.Purpose We analyzed the influence of altitude on real-world cycling performance in top-level professional cyclists attending to whether they were altitude natives or not.Methods Thirty-three male cyclists (29 ± 5 yr) were studied and were classified as lowlanders (n = 19) or altitude natives (n = 14) attending to the altitude of their place of birth (431 ± 380 and 2583 ± 334 meters above sea level (m a.s.l.), respectively). Both groups included top 3 finishers (including winners) in the general classification of Grand Tours and major races. Using data from both training and competitions during years 2013–2020 (8 ± 5 seasons per cyclist), we registered participants’ mean maximal power (MMP) for efforts lasting 5 s, 30 s, 5 min, and 10 min, respectively, at altitudes ranging from 0–500 to >2000 m a.s.l.Results A significant altitude–MMP interaction effect (two-factor repeated-measures ANOVA) was found in lowlanders (P < 0.001) but not in altitude natives (P = 0.150). In lowlanders, individual performance decreased in a dose–response manner with increasing altitudes compared with sea (or near-sea) level (0–500 m a.s.l.), whereas this trend was much less evident in natives. A significant altitude–MMP–group effect was found (P < 0.001), with nonsignificant (and overall trivial-to-small differences) between lowlanders and altitude natives for any effort duration at altitudes =1500 m a.s.l. but with significant differences at higher altitudes (=1501 m a.s.l.).Conclusions Acute altitude exposure influences real-world performance differently in low landers and altitude natives, which might confer a competitive advantage to the latter, particularly in races including efforts at >1500 m a.s.l.
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