Table 1: Cardiopulmonary exercise test results. *After warm-up. **mean values of the last minute of the CPX.

Start* VT RCP HRDP Maximum
Achieved %PRED
Power output
Exercise time (min:sec) 0:00 7:45 14:40 15:35 18:30 -
Workload (W) 80 120 155 160 259** -
Cadence (RPM) 60 73 86 89 104** -
Metabolic
VO2 (mL/kg/min) 22.9 34.4 39.3 39.7 47.2 113
VO2 (METs) 6.5 9.8 11.2 11.3 13.5 124
VO2 (L/min) 1395 2.100 2.400 2.420 2.789 110
VCO2 (L/min) 998 1.900 2.350 2.430 3.800 -
RER (VCO2/VO2) 0.72 0.92 0.98 1.00 1.26 -
Cardiovascular
Heart rate (bpm) 108 128 142 144 161 92
Heart rate recovery (bpm at 1 min) - - - - 138 -
Oxygen pulse (VO2/HR, mL/bpm) 11.8 15.1 16.9 16.8 18.8 130
Ventilatory
VE (L∙min-1) 26 48 59 63 135 96
Respiratory rate (br/min) 15 18 24 26 52 104
VE/VO2 (L∙min-1/L∙min-1) 19 22 24 26 43 -
VE/VCO2 (L∙min-1/L∙min-1) 26 23 25 25 33 -
VE/VCO2 slope - 21 21 21 29 -
PetCO2 (mmHg) 39 43 43 44 36 -