Master's degree in Professional Cycling online

Module 1. Regulations and laws

• Road Safety Regulations
• Regulations on Cycling Competitions
  • Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)
  • National Federations
  • Anti-doping regulation
• Regulations for Circulation in the City and Protection of Cyclists
• Civil and Criminal Liability
• Environmental Regulations and Sustainability
• Health regulations
• Protection and health regulations
• Law 91 on professional sports (sports professionalism, discipline of sports employment, athlete's sports performance)
• Sports clubs and national sports federations

Module 2. Introduction to professional cycling: communication and marketing

• History of cycling: The Modern International Calendar, Grand Tours, One-Day Races plus. prestigious and the Monuments
• Brief history of the most important races in the other disciplines (track, MTB, cyclocross / the novelty gravel / the Hour record for technical evolution
• Professional teams and the roles and functions of different team members: executives, writers, bike manufacturers, scientists, doctors, famous brands.
• The everyday life of a cycling team 
• Communication and marketing in cycling: an overview of media, publishing groups, magazines, portals of around the world

Module 3. Planning and scheduling of training in cycling 

• The different methods of training 
• Proper sports nutrition
• Learning to distribute volumes and intensities, in short, to periodize and design training sessions 
• Study the training loads of youth, amateur, professional categories
• Know the training load and its applicability to cycling 
• Understand the relationship between training load and performance 
• Gain knowledge about power training 
• Learning performance modeling 

Module 4. Biomechanics in the cyclist 

• Understand the importance of biomechanics in cycling and apply different methods
• Distinguish kinematics from kinetics and the importance of kinetics in performance
• Understand the importance of functional assessment in the biomechanical process
• Understand the benefits of aerodynamics on performance 

Module 5. Strength training in the cyclist 

• Speed-based training and its relationship to exertion 
• Addressing the different devices on the market to work on the basis of VBT
• Study the benefits of simultaneous training 

Module 6. Special situations in cycling training 

• Learning to distinguish different adverse situations that affect performance
• Develop and apply strategies to optimize performance in adverse situations

• Admission and selection procedures;
• Study of teaching materials to prepare for the classroom phase;
• Start of the Course, according to the scheduled dates;
• Practical internship;
• Promotion of professional profile: Disclosure cv;