Debunking the curse of the rainbow jersey: historical cohort study

Perneger, Thomas

doi:10.1136/bmj.h6304

Scientific article

English

Debunking the curse of the rainbow jersey: historical cohort study

ContributorsPerneger, Thomas

Published inBMJ. British medical journal, vol. 351, h6304

Publication date2015

Abstract

To understand the underlying mechanism of the "curse of the rainbow jersey," the lack of wins that purportedly affects the current cycling world champion.

Keywords

Athletes
Athletic Performance/statistics & numerical data
Bicycling
Doping in Sports
Humans
Models
Statistical
Regression Analysis
Reproducibility of Results

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de santé et médecine communautaires

Research groups

Epidémiologie clinique (115)

Citation (ISO format)

PERNEGER, Thomas. Debunking the curse of the rainbow jersey: historical cohort study. In: BMJ. British medical journal, 2015, vol. 351, p. h6304. doi: 10.1136/bmj.h6304

Article (Published version)

Identifiers

PID : unige:90587
DOI : 10.1136/bmj.h6304
PMID : 26668173

Journal ISSN0959-8138

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Debunking the curse of the rainbow jersey: historical cohort study

To understand the underlying mechanism of the "curse of the rainbow jersey," the lack of wins that purportedly affects the current cycling world champion.

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