HTC-Columbia team doctor: It’s more than cleaning road burn
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By Sarah W. Staber
It was January, the heart of summer Down Under and over 100 degrees F at the Tour Down Under, when HTC-Columbia’s team doctor, Helge Riepenhof, proposed wiring up the team with full heart monitoring equipment while racing. We’re not talking a simple Polar strap, here, but an array of stickers and wires like you’d see in the ICU.
Helge Riepenhof
In retrospect, Riepenhof admits he was pretty relieved that the team had a good race despite the equipment, which produced a wealth of valuable data that he is using to tailor the team diet and recovery process at ...
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