Cadence-power-relationship during decisive mountain ascents at the Tour de France

S Vogt1, K Roecker, Y O Schumacher

  • 1Department of Preventive and Rehabilitative Sports Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany. stefan.vogt@uniklinik-freiburg.de

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