UAE Team Emirates Partners with AI Company to Optimize Rider Performance for Tour de France
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UAE Team Emirates is partnering with an AI company, Presight, to analyze training and performance data to optimize race selections, training protocols, etc.
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They believe AI analysis of big datasets could reveal breakthrough insights to improve rider performance that traditional methods may have missed.
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Other WorldTour teams like Visma-Lease a Bike and Ineos Grenadiers are already using AI and big data to inform training, nutrition, equipment design, etc.
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AI has potential in cycling by analyzing data without bias to spot new patterns and groupings that could enhance training stimuli and race preparation.
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Presight will crunch UAE riders' metrics to tailor training and nutrition to "push the boundaries of human capabilities and endurance" to boost Tour de France chances.