Conference Program
Please note that small changes will be made in the coming weeks
Day 1 – Wednesday July 3
9:00am – 9:10am
Room D.0.02
Welcome & Opening
Welcome
Anton van Gerwen – Event Organiser – Welcome and safety instructions
Romain Meeusen – VU Brussels – Welcome on behalf of the host
09:10am – 10:40pm
Room D.0.02
Session 1
Science specific for women cycling
Teun van Erp – Team Sunweb – Load and intensity Characteristics in Professional Cyclists: Differences between Male and Female
Lotte Kraus – gebioMized – Analysing Women Data – Gender Specifics in Product Development?
Monitoring performance, fatigue and overreaching in elite cyclists and triathletes; a multi-variate approach
Robert Lamberts
10:40 AM – 11:00 AM
Foyer
Coffee break
11:00 AM – 12:30 AM
Room D.0.02
Session 2
The Session RPE method as a device for monitoring training (working title)
Carl Foster – University of Wisconsin La Crosse
Practical implementations of a multi-tiered load monitoring system in World Tour Cycling
Jeroen Swart – UAE Team Emirates
Performance Analyses for training/coaching
Tim Heemskerk – Team Jumbo Visma
12:30 PM – 13:30 PM
Restaurant
Lunch break
13:30 PM – 13:50 PM
Foyer
Poster presentations
Overview Posters
Masahiro Fukuda – Hamsterspin – Easy to use accurate measuring system for cycling pedaling motion using a small LED and a smartphone.
Gabriel Martins – Universidad Camilo Jose Cela – Infographic. Tramadol: should it be banned in athletes while competing, particularly in road cycling?
Frank Michel – Vaude – Engineering of a backpack ventilation technology for cycling using CFD analysis
Frank Michel – Vaude – Influence of an engineered backpack ventilation technology on thermal comfort during cycling – a pilot study
Pedro Perim – University Sao Paulo – Sport supplement use in Brazilian cyclists: Where is the information coming from?
Lucas Schmid – Swiss Cycling – Heat acclimation: practical and efficient in the laboratory
Nils Schneider – German Sports University – Backpack impact protection in cycling – Comparison of a conventional foam-based vs. an air-based protection system
Wei-Chi Tsai – Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital – The effect of hub design on lower limb muscle activation while riding on different terrain
13:50 PM – 15:40 PM
Room D.0.02
Session 3
Preparing the Team Time Trial (working title)
Koen Pelgrim – Deceuninck – Quick-Step Cycling Team
Monitoring the training process of professional cyclists
Dajo Sanders – Team Dimension Data
Load, Intensity and Performance Characteristics in the Fight for the Victory in Multiple Grand Tours
Teun van Erp – Team Sunweb
Oral ketone ester intake to improve performance in cycling
Peter Hespel – KU Leuven
15:40 PM – 16:00 PM
Foyer
Coffee break
16:00 PM – 17:50 PM
Room D.0.02
Session 4
The role of the mind during performance in the heat
Stephen Cheung – Brock University
The combination of visual and external focused instructions, and positive feedback did not enhance training-induced improvements in forward standing sprint performance
Paul Merkes – Edith Cowan University
Do athletes know which feedback helps them most?
Martin Dobiasch – University Vienna
Estimating and predicting athlete performance using Machine Learning
Valentin Gallet – Kronos Analytics
A performance model for road racing
Guido Vroemen – SMA Midden Nederland
Marco van Bon – Van Bon Cycling Performance
16:30 PM – 17:50 PM
Room D.0.03
Session 5
The synergy of EMG waveform during bicycle pedaling is related to elemental force vector waveform
Tomoki Kitawaki – Kansai Medical University
Evaluation of the effectiveness of an anti-vibration MTB handlebar compared to a traditional MTB handlebar
Noë Perrotin – University of Reims
The effect of locally braking crank rotation during pedaling on the pedaling force and activation of lower limb muscles
Soya Iwata – Waseda University
19:30 PM – 22:30 PM
University Foundation
Conference evening
University Foundation Club
The club opens at 19:00.
The dinner Buffet is open 19:30 – 21:15
The bar closes at 22:30
University Foundation
Egmontstraat 11 rue d’Egmont – 1000 Brussels
http://www.fondationuniversitaire.be/en
Day 2 – Thursday July 4
9:00am - 10:50am
Room D.0.02
Session 6
Blood flow limitations in the iliac arteries in cyclists; Impact on performance measured by new diagnostic techniques during exercise
Martijn van Hooff – SportMáx
Relationship between daily Bioimpendance patterns and training load of professional cyclists during training and racing
Andrea Giorgi – Sidermec Professional Cycling Team
Dissection of the Arteria iliaca externa, secondary to endofibrosis in a cyclist
Charlotte Schepens – Ghent University
Reliability of acute training responses elicited by exhaustive work intervals prescribed with the delta concept
Wouter Timmerman – University of Kent
9:00am - 10:50am
Room D.0.03
Session 7
State-of-the-art and technology advances for cycling aerodynamics
Andrea Sciacchitano – Delft University of Technology
Accuracy assessment of the Ring of Fire system for on-site aerodynamic drag measurements
Alexander Spoelstra – Delft University of Technology
Experimental Characterization of a Cyclist's Wake
Florian Adam – Delft University of Technology
On the Cyclist's Drag Crisis
Wouter Terra – Delft University of Technology
Experimental evaluation of a computer-vision based method to assess the aerodynamic drag of cyclists
Cedric Lemaitre – Apeira Technologies
10:50 AM – 11:10 AM
Foyer
Coffee break
11:10 AM - 12:40 PM
Room D.0.02
Session 8
The role of Mental recovery (working title)
Yannick Balk –
The sleep of professional cyclists during a 5-day UCI Europe Tour road cycling race
Borga Martinez-Gonzalez – University of Kent
Relationship between skeletal muscle carnosine content and cycling sprint performance
Luana Farias de Oliveira – University Sao Paulo
Acute breath-holding does not improve 3km cycling time trial performance
Janne Bouten – Ghent University
11:10 AM - 12:40 PM
Room D.0.03
Session 9
Bike Fit Unplugged: Working towards the next level of Bike Fit
Happy Freedman – Hospital for Special Surgery
Relationship between preferred saddle height and pedalling kinematics in professional cyclists
Geoffrey Millour – University of Reims
Effect of different seat position on lower limb kinematics, kinetic and electromyography during cycling
Chia-Hsiang Chen – National Pingtung University of Science and Technology
The influence of cycling shos on your optimal cycling position
Jarich Braeckevelt – Bioracer Motion
12:40 PM – 13:40 PM
Restaurant
Lunch break
13:40 PM – 14:00 PM
Foyer
Poster presentations
Overview Posters
Masahiro Fukuda – Hamsterspin – Easy to use accurate measuring system for cycling pedaling motion using a small LED and a smartphone.
Gabriel Martins – Universidad Camilo Jose Cela – Infographic. Tramadol: should it be banned in athletes while competing, particularly in road cycling?
Frank Michel – Vaude – Engineering of a backpack ventilation technology for cycling using CFD analysis
Frank Michel – Vaude – Influence of an engineered backpack ventilation technology on thermal comfort during cycling – a pilot study
Pedro Perim – University Sao Paulo – Sport supplement use in Brazilian cyclists: Where is the information coming from?
Lucas Schmid – Swiss Cycling – Heat acclimation: practical and efficient in the laboratory
Wei-Chi Tsai – Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital – The effect of hub design on lower limb muscle activation while riding on different terrain
14:00 AM - 15:50 PM
Room D.0.02
Session 10
The Critical Power Concept, its recovery kinetics and the application in (track) cycling (working title)
Jan Boone – Ghent University
Power profiling in elite U23 riders during a competitive season
Peter Leo – Innsbruck University
Validation of Lactate Minimum Power testing in cyclists
Christophe Dausin – KU Leuven
Validity and reliability of the CycleOps Hammer direct drive trainer during sprint tests when compared with an SRM powermeter
Sebastien Duc – University of Reims
Xert’s Maximal Power Available and the Modeling of Fatigue
Stephen Cheung – Brock University
14:30 AM - 15:50 PM
Room D.0.03
Session 11
A year in the life of a Brazilian professional female road cycling team Part I: Performance measures
Bryan Saunders – University Sao Paulo
A year in the life of a Brazilian professional female road cycling team – Part II: Nutritional and clinical outcomes
Patricia Campos-Ferraz – University Sao Paulo
A new method to control the roughness of different time trial garments. A preliminary study
Corentin Leboeuf – University Franche-Comté
15:50 PM – 16:10 PM
Foyer
Coffee break
16:10 AM - 17:30 PM
Room D.0.02
Session 12
Find more speed for real: Aerotesting in the field where it counts
Dan Bigham – Ribble Pro Cycling / Notio Technologies
Guido Vroemen – SMA Midden Nederland
Smart Textiles - Measuring Motion Data (working title)
Maarten Gijssel – Kinetic Analysis
The use of subjective monitoring in professional cyclists in preparation for competition influence on finishing position
Ciaran O’Grady – Team Dimension Data
The development pathway of a World class sprinter
Vasilis Anastopoulos – SEG Racing
TBA
To be allocated in program
Can we adjust the bike position to have a positive effect on the uphill cycling performance?
Joris Verreydt – Wolf Performance
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