Archives for July 2010

Thank you for visiting The Science of Sport. Over the past few weeks, we’ve followed and attempted to analyse the performances of the very best cyclists in the world, and at worst, it’s created some great discussion and back-and-forth.  At best, it’s shown that cycling may just be heading in the right direction in its […]

Thanks everyone for the great discussion in response to the post yesterday looking at the climbing power output on the Col du Tourmalet.  As if often the case, your responses make the comments section to the post is better than the post, so if you have to time, you might consider reading it here! However, a short post […]

Yesterday saw the big showdown of the Tour on its final climb.  Two great climbers in Alberto Contador and Andy Schleck rode man-on-man up one of the most famed climbs of cycling, in thick mist, in a battle that many felt would decide the yellow-jersey.  In the end, it won’t, with a time-trial to go […]

It’s been a while since we last posted – the pressures of family and work, and actually watching the Tour are to blame!  We’ve missed so much in the last few weeks – Caster Semenya is running again, though reading anything into her performances right now is guesswork at best.  Two possibilities remain, with no […]