Science And Cycling 2025

9:00 AM - 9:15 AM - Welcome & opening - Amphi A

9:15 AM - 10:45 AM - Opening session - Chair: Fred Grappe

• The future of scouting: optimizing talent identification through advanced compound score analytics (David De Klerk, Science2Sport - John Wakefield, Red Bull BORA Hansgrohe)
• Just warm up for a warm-up? (Mehdi Kordi)
• The mental gearshift: navigating mental health in elite cycling - resilience, risk and recovery across the peleton (Michael Liebrenz, University of Bern)

10:45 AM - 10:45 AM - Coffee break

11:05 AM - 12:30 AM - Session 1 - Amphi A

• Optimizing sleep management to minimize risks and maximize mental and physical performance (Remy Hurdiel, University Littoral Opale Coast - Charlotte Edelsten)
• The paradigm of exercice load(Fred Grappe, Equipe Cycliste Groupama FDJ)
• Title to be confirmed (Dan Bigham, Red Bull BORA Hansgrohe Pro Cycling Team)

11:40 AM - 12:30 AM - Session 2 - Amphi B - Chair: Jon Iriberri

• Cognitive-behavorial sequelae and return to high-intensity sports practice after concussion (Christine Moroni, University of Lille)
• Effect of heat on psycho-physiological responses during a self-paced cycling time trial (Thibaud Pirlot, University Marie & Louis Pasteur)

12:30 PM  - 13:30 PM - Lunch break and poster presentations

13:30 PM - 15:30 PM - Session 3 - Amphi A - Chair: Toby Edwards

• Elevating physical performance with breathwork (Jon Wiggings, Flanders Cobblestone Paradise)
• A 5-minute time trial to assess durability in profesional cyclists: a field study (Borja Martinez-Gonzalez, University of Kent)
• The relationship between durability and cycling performance (George Evans, University of Hertfordshire)

13:40 PM - 15:30 PM - Session 4 - Amphi B

• Injuries caused by poor biomechanical fit in cycling: a narrative review (Jon Iriberri, Custom4Us / Visma lease-a-bike)
• Saddle soreness and other genitoperineal complaints in cyclists: prevention and treatment are key to improve performance (Hedwig Neels, University Antwerp / The Pelvic Floor)
• The overlooked knee injury in cycling: prepatellar friction syndrome explained (Manu Wemel, Soudal Quick-Step / Squadt)
• Effects of differents inclines on lower limb muscle activation during cycling (Chia-Hsiang Chen, National Pingtung University)

15:30 PM - 15:50 PM - Coffee break

15:50 PM - 17:50 PM - Session 5 - Amphi A - Chair: Lee Prescott

• BikeFit 2.0: lessons learnt and what the future holds! (Phil Burt, Phil Burt Innovation)
• The science of crank lenght: why you're free to choose (Jim Martin, University of Utah)
• Not Small Men: the lack, the need and the implementation of female input in sports engineering, with an emphasis on the cycling industry (Mary O'Donnelle, Trek Bicycle Company)

16:20 PM - 17:50 PM - Session 6 - Amphi B

• Automated data and video processing in track cycling (Thomas Vleeshouwers, Ghent University)
• clustering professional road cycling races into distinctive race profiles (Annemiek Roete, University Groningen)

18:00 PM - 18:45 PM - Xperium guided visit

19:00 PM - 22:00 PM - Conference evening - location TBC

9:00 AM - 10:40 PM - Session 7 - Amphi A - Chair: Peter Leo

• Muscle torques; strenght training practices for maximum power (Toby Edwards, Australian Cycling)
• Blood-flow restricted exercice: strategies for enhancing muscle adaptation and performance in cycling (Richard Ferguson, Loughborough University)
• Modeling vs. Measuring: how accurate is the calculated maximal lactate steady state? (Mattice Sablain, Ghent University)
• Training modification decision-making and the role of athlete monitoring in elite endurance sport coaching: an instrumental case study of a world-class cycling coach and a world-class development rowing coach (Wouter Timmerman, Edith Cowan University)

9:00 AM -10:40 AM - Session 8 - Amphi B 

• From lab to road and back: clsing the loop between science and practice (Jan Boone, Ghent University)
• Title tbc (Tymewear)
• Title tbc (Guillermo Conde, STT)
• SPORSA - Innovative technology for safer cycling (Steven Verstockt, Ghent University)

10:40 AM - 11:00 AM - Coffee break

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM - Session 9 - Amphi A - Chair: David Barranco

• Understanding the Torque-Cadence relationship in cycling performance (Peter Leo, Autralian cycling / Team Jayco Alula)
• The influence of prior accumulated work on the Torque-Cadence relationship in juinior cyclists (Andrea Giorgi, VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè Professional Cycling Team)
• Traditional resistance traingin vs. Torque training: a randomized controlled trial (Raul de Pablos, University of Murcia)
• Optimal mass scaling of power output for complex courses and its relationship to time-trial performance in cycling (Marton Horvath, Swedish Winter Sports Research Center)

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM - Session 10 - Amphi B

• Identifying and Managing Problematic Low Energy Availability in Elite Cyclists: A Framework for Performance and Health Optimization (Vanessa Zoras, Israel Premier tech Pro Cycling)
• Sodium Bicarbonate Ingestion for Performance Enhancement in Cycling: From Original Concept to Endurance Ergogenic (Andy Sparks, Maurten)
• Exogenous ketosis increases D-ß-hydroxybutyrate concentrations in human cerebrospinal fluid (Simon Kjaer, Aarhus University Hospital)
• Effect of Carbohydrate Ingestion on the Power-Duration relatioship following prolonged endurance exercise in the moderate exercise intensity domain (Bernardo Norte, Liverpool John Moores University)

12:30 PM - 13:30 PM - Luck break and poster presentations

13:30 PM - 15:30 PM - Session 11 - Amphi A

• High endurance athletes, is there long term consequences on cardiac function and rhythm? (François Brigadeau, University Hospital Lille)
• Heat Acclimatization: Bridging the Gap Between High performance and general health (Alberto Hermo Argibay)
• The value of Wearable Tech in detecting physiological signals related to illness and over-reaching in professional cyclists (Daniel Green, Israel Premier-Tech)
• The Effect of Rate of W' Utilisation and Acute Fatigue on W' Reconstitution (Alex Wellburn, Loughborough University)
• Optimizing Cycling Time Trial Performance in Zwift: Validation of the PACE Model for Pacing Strategy (Matthew van Dyvk, Ghent University)

14:00 PM - 15:30 PM - Session 12 - Amphi B

• A Novel Energy Imbalance Approach Applied to Rolling Resistance Assessment in Cycling (Manuel Sellier, Aeroscale)
• Impact of rider bicycle weight, tyre pressure and surface condition on rolling resistance of bicycle tyres using a laboratory treadmill (p.a.v.e.) (Jens Buder, Technical University Chemnitz)
• The impact of drivetrain configuration on overall cycling efficiency: simulations, experiments and case studies from World Tour time trialing (Bart Blockmans, Classified Cycling)
• The Effects of Different Indoor and Outdoor Cycling Environments on Lower Limb Muscle Activation (Chia-Hsiang Chen, National Pingtung University)

15:30 PM - 15:50 PM - Coffee break

15:50 PM - 17:40 PM - Session 13 - Amphi A

• Track aerodynamics (working title) (Mehdi Kordi, Team Ineos Grenadiers)
• Applications of Language Modelling for a cycling Aerodynamics' coach (Callum Barnes, University of Kent)
• Multidisciplinary Optimization of an Aerobar: Aerodynamics, Biomechanics, Mass and Structure (Sebastien Terol, University of Toulouse)

15:50 PM - 16:30 PM - Session 14 - Amphi B

19:00 PM - Tour de France - team presentation