Table 3 Selected Pearson’s product moment correlation coefficients (r) between physiological variables obtained in the TR VO and RBR tests, and the athletes’ laboratory time trial results Distance (km) Variable B TT R TT B-R TT TR VO2max (l· min-1) .868 * .557 .868 * TR VO2max (ml· kg-1· min-1) .402 .003 .402 TR Vmax -.082 .640 -.104 % of TRVO2max at 15 km· h-1 -.171 -.832 * .143 VO2 R1 (l· min-1) -.110 -.830 * .39 ECRun R1 of RBR1 -.043 -.762 .474 [BLA] post R1 .213 -.921 ** -.016 Bmax Wpeak (W) .942 ** -.377 .885 * BmaxWpeak (W· kg-1) .694 .055 .736 Bmax VO2peak (l· min-1) .885 ** -.032 .886 * Bmax VO2peak (ml· kg-1· min-1) .484 .392 .551 [BLA] post Bmax (mM) .770 * -.740 .550 % of BVO2peak at 3W· kg-1 -.272 -.376 -.503 Bsubmax B EC -.380 -.120 -.140 [BLA] post Bsubmax (mM) .910 -.870 * -.210 VO2 R2 (l· min-1) .l10 -.830 * .390 ECRun R2 -.325 -.590 .015 ∆HRR1-R2 (beats· min-1) -.330 .860 * .060 ∆[BLA]R1-R2 -.580 .200 -.880 * ∆VO2R1-R2 .170 -.340 .120 ∆ECR1-R2 .508 -.358 .589 B TT cycle section of the time-trial (TT), R TT run section of TT, B-R TT cycle-run TT, TR treadmill, VO max maximal oxygen uptake, V peak TR running speed during TRVO test, VO R oxygen uptake, R first submaximal run of RBR EC running economy, [BLA] blood lactate concentration, B maximal incremental section of RBR, W peak power output, VO peak oxygen uptake, B-EC cycle economy, B submaximal cycle section of RBR, R second run of RBR, ∆HR change in HR between R and R of RBR ∆ [BLA] change in blood lactate concentration between R and R of RBR, ∆VO change in VO between R and R of RBR, ∆EC change in economy between R and R of RBR * significant at the p < 0.05 level ** significant at the p < 0.02 level