Charity hopes study will ultimately make the TT safer
A large-scale study is taking place at the TT this year it's hoped around 30 riders will take part.
It's called The physiological, biomechanical and cognitive loads of a TT competitor and is being undertaken by RaceSafe which is a charity which is part of the Manx Road Racing Medical Services (MRMS), which provide medical services for the TT.
They aim to use research and data to help road racers understand their performances better using industry leading equipment to get real time performance information from a variety of areas such as heartrate and temperature.
Prior to the event, riders have been getting tested as standard by measuring for grip strength, blood lactate which is done through a finger prick and weight to see how much fluid is lost during racing.
Dr Jonathan Davies is the lead for training, education and research and is the chief investigator of this study; he says no one has attempted to gather riders' performance data on this scale before:
TT rider, Shaun Anderson took part in last year's investigation and is part of the study again:
The research paper which will be compiled aims to look for trends in what the riders experience.
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