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Which Factors Make Successful Road Cyclists?

There are a range of physical and mental factors that contribute to successful performance in sports, as listed below. Not all of these factors are important for cyclists - and that is what this survey was created to determine. As there is a large range of cycling events, for this exercise we will consider just the event of road racing.

The data collection is complete. We found out how important you think each of these factors are to the success of road racers (note, these are just the average opinions of visitors to this site). You can read a more detailed description of the factors. This survey is an extension of a previous (though still active) poll asking you to select the single most important FITNESS component for cycling. There is also a similar poll on Which Factors Make Successful TRACK Cyclists?

What do you think is important?

Voters were asked to give a rating from 1 to 5 stars, using this rating scale. The average of the ratings for each factor is presented here, out of a possible 5.

Here is a list of the factors and their average ratings: