The double winner of the Tour de France (2022 and 2023), second in the last edition behind Tadej Pogacar, recognizes that his team, Visma-Lease a bike, uses it and specifies under what conditions: “My team uses carbon monoxide to measure blood volume and total hemoglobin mass. We inhale the monoxide for the first time, before carrying out a course at altitude. At the end of this, we repeat the operation to calculate our maximum oxygen absorption capacity. »
Related News :