Caffeine supplementation improves simulated 16 km cycling time-trial performance without altering pacing strategy
Journal Title: Journal of Science and Cycling - Year 2016, Vol 5, Issue 2
Abstract
Caffeine is a well-known ergogenic aid with a high prevalence of use by endurance athletes including cyclists and tri-athletes (Del Coso et al., 2011). Acute caffeine supplementation has been shown to improve cycling time-trial (TT) performance of short duration, namely 1 (Wiles et al., 2006), 4 (Santos et al., 2013) and 10 km (Astorino et al., 2012). Santos et al. (2013) were the only study to show an altered pacing strategy with caffeine during a 4 km TT. It is currently unclear, however, whether caffeine improves TT performance of longer duration and whether this is due to changes in pacing strategy. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of caffeine supplementation on pacing during a simulated 16 km cycling TT performance.
Authors and Affiliations
B Saunders| School of Physical Education and Sport, University of São Paulo, Brazil, L Farias de Oliveira| School of Physical Education and Sport, University of São Paulo, Brazil, R Pires da Silva| School of Physical Education and Sport, University of São Paulo, Brazil, V de Salles Painelli| School of Physical Education and Sport, University of São Paulo, Brazil, B Gualano| School of Physical Education and Sport, University of São Paulo, Brazil
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