Cover -- Title page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- SECTION A: WHAT IS CYCLING? THE PHYSIOLOGICAL DEMANDS OF CYCLE SPORT -- CHAPTER 1: THE PHYSIOLOGICAL DEMANDS OF ROAD CYCLING -- CHAPTER 2: THE PHYSIOLOGICAL DEMANDS OF OFF-ROAD CYCLING DISCIPLINES -- CROSS-COUNTRY MOUNTAIN BIKING -- CYCLO-CROSS -- BICYCLE MOTORCROSS (BMX) -- SECTION B: HOW DO I COMPARE? PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT -- CHAPTER 3: LABORATORY AND FIELD ASSESSMENT OF CYCLING ABILITY -- SECTION C: HOW DO I IMPROVE? TRAINING FOR CYCLING PERFORMANCE -- CHAPTER 4: TRAINING METHODOLOGY AND PERIODISATION FOR CYCLING -- CHAPTER 5: TRAINING WITH HEART RATE AND POWER -- CHAPTER 6: HOW TO USE CYCLING TRAINING DATA -- CHAPTER 7: STRENGTH TRAINING FOR IMPROVED CYCLING PERFORMANCE -- SECTION D: HOW DO I GET THE BEST OUT OF MY BIKE? THE BIOMECHANICS OF CYCLING -- CHAPTER 8: BIKE FIT AND AERODYNAMICS -- CHAPTER 9: PEDALLING MECHANICS AND PERFORMANCE OPTIMISATION -- SECTION E: HOW DO I GET IN THE RIGHT FRAME OF MIND? THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CYCLING -- CHAPTER 10: SPORT PSYCHOLOGY AND CYCLING: THE MIND-BODY RELATIONSHIP -- CHAPTER 11: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CYCLE TRAINING AND COMPETITION: A BRIEF INTRODUCTION -- SECTION F: WHAT DO I NEED TO EAT AND DRINK DURING TRAINING AND COMPETITION? NUTRITION FOR CYCLING -- CHAPTER 12: NUTRITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR OPTIMAL CYCLING PERFORMANCE -- CHAPTER 13: ERGOGENIC AIDS -- SECTION G: HOW SHOULD I RACE? -- CHAPTER 14: PACING STRATEGIES FOR CYCLING -- SECTION H: ARE THERE ANY POPULATION-SPECIFIC CONSIDERATIONS FOR TRAINING AND RACING? -- CHAPTER 15: THE FEMALE CYCLIST -- CHAPTER 16: THE DISABILITY/PARALYMPIC CYCLIST -- CHAPTER 17: THE AGEING CYCLIST -- SECTION I: HOW DO I GET THE MOST OUT OF COACHING? THE COACH-ATHLETE RELATIONSHIP -- CHAPTER 18: COACH-ATHLETE RELATIONSHIPS -- SECTION J: WHAT ARE THE MEDICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN CYCLING?.

CHAPTER 19: CYCLING INJURIES, PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT -- CHAPTER 20: THE FIGHT AGAINST DOPING IN CYCLING -- FURTHER READING -- GLOSSARY -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ABOUT THE EDITORS -- ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS -- eCopyright.