Metabolic Signatures of Performance in Elite World Tour Professional Male Cyclists.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

Metabolomics studies of recreational and elite athletes have been so far limited to venipuncture-dependent blood sample collection in the setting of controlled training and medical facilities. However, limited to no information is currently available to determine if findings in laboratory settings are translatable to a real-world scenario in elite competitions. The goal of this study was to define molecular signatures of exertion under controlled exercise conditions and use these signatures as a framework for assessing cycling performance in a World Tour competition.

Methods

To characterize molecular profiles of exertion in elite athletes during cycling, we performed metabolomics analyses on blood isolated from 28 international-level, elite, World To

SUBMITTER: Nemkov T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10163861 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature