FEATURES OF COVERING THE 4000 M DISTANCE BY HIGHLY QUALIFIED CYCLISTS IN INDIVIDUAL PURSUIT RACES, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT PEDALING POWER AND THE TRACK GEOMETRY

Abstract. The article investigates the pedaling power of track cyclists in individual 4-kilometer pursuit races, depending on the features of the structure of the coating of two velodromes. Literary sources of research conducted in this direction in recent years have been analyzed. We encountered a lack of information on the effect of velodrome coating design on performance in individual 4-kilometer pursuit events. The method of this work was to characterize the changes in pedaling power during the distance covered by a cyclist in an individual 4000 m pursuit race. On two structurally different cycle tracks at the Lviv SKA cycle track and the cycle track in the city of Apeldoorn (Netherlands). Materials and methods that were used during the research was a device for measuring pedaling power Power meter FAVERO ASSIOMA DUO. The study was conducted during the Ukrainian Cup held in Lviv on the SKA cycling track and the European Championship in Apeldoorn (Netherlands). We investigated the pedaling power of a cyclist during a 4-kilometer individual pursuit race. Conclusions. Significant differences in pedaling power on different cycling tracks have been established. The power of pedaling on straight sections and expressions of the Lviv cycle track during individual pursuit races at 4000 m and on the cycle track in the city of Apeldoorn (Netherlands) was determined.