Symposium de printemps 2026 – Au Tour du cycliste

• 9h00 – 09h50: first rotation
• 09:50 – 10:20: break
• 10:20 – 11:10: second rotation
• 11:10 – 12:00: third rotation

• WORKSHOP 1

Bike fitting

Speaker to be defined

• WORKSHOP 2

Recent and practical data on cyclist nutrition

Xavier Bigard

• WORKSHOP 3

Performance test (Functional Threshold Power)

Arnaud Rapillard

1:30 pm – 5:00 pm

• 1:30 pm – 2:00 pm

Impact of hardware upgrades on performance and safety

Emmanuel Brunet

• 2:00-2:30 pm

Cycling-related pathologies and technopathies

Jacky Maillot

• 2:30 pm – 3:00 pm

Physiotherapist as part of a professional team

Speaker to be defined

• 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm

BREAK

• 3:30 pm – 4:00 pm

Cyclists’ vessels: the attack point of an occupational disease?

Roman Gähwiler

• 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm

The cyclist’s heart

Stéphane Doutreleau

• 4:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Risk reduction in cycling: the UCI’s role

Xavier Bigard

Training credits for morning workshops:

• General internal medicine (SSMIG): 0
• Physical medicine and rehabilitation (SSMPR): 3
• Sports and exercise medicine (SEMS): 3
• Chirosuisse: 0
• Physioswiss: 3
• Osteo-Swiss: 3h
• Swiss Dietetic Association: 3

Training credits for the afternoon symposium:

• General internal medicine (SSMIG): 2
• Physical medicine and rehabilitation (SSMPR): 3
• Sports and exercise medicine (SEMS): 3
• Chirosuisse: 3
• Physioswiss: 4
• Osteo-Swiss: 4h
• Swiss Dietetic Association: 3

Specialists in general internal medicine can claim the difference between the credits awarded by the SSMIG (2) and the credits awarded by other medical societies (SEMS and SSMPR) as extended continuing education credits.

Apéro dînatoire at the UCI World Cycling Centre to fraternize between Romands and Savoyards!

In collaboration with our Savoyard colleagues from the “Médecine du sport, Léman-Mont-Blanc” association, the Network invites you to a special Franco-Swiss day on the theme of cycling and health.

The event will take place in the unique setting of the UCI World Cycling Centre (Aigle) on Thursday, May 21, 2026, with the exceptional participation of UCI Medical Director Prof. Xavier Bigard!

Centre Mondial du Cyclisme, Aigle, Suisse