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Andy Turner

Muscular strength versus muscular endurance - which is most important for short climbs?

Male cyclist riding up a short climb

Watching the Tour de France, there has been a plethora of long, mountain passes upon which we’ve seen Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogačar battling it out with epic displays of muscular endurance. 

But we’ve also been treated to some shorter, sharper climbs which have often been decisive in determining the result of a breakaway and also the effort at the end of stages, think Mads Pedersen winning stage 8 with immense muscular strength. 

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