feat: add road-racing and TT demand docs (balance the MTB doc)

The skill had mtb-xco-demands.md but road/TT demands were only diffused
through the general docs — an asymmetry given the balanced MTB+road scope.
Add two dedicated, self-contained demand profiles (kept separate because
mass-start racing and TT differ as much as XCO differs from marathon MTB):

- references/road-racing-demands.md: stochastic power profile (Vogt 2007,
  Ebert 2005/2006, Sanders/van Erp 2021), drafting economics (Blocken 2018),
  fatigued finishing sprint (Menaspà 2013/2015, Etxebarria 2019), durability
  as a success determinant (van Erp/Sanders/Lamberts 2021); power governs, HR
  unreliable (intermittent) — mirrors the MTB doc.
- references/tt-demands.md: aero drag dominance + CdA as the top lever
  (Crouch 2017, Martin 1998, García-López 2008), critical power as predictor
  (Smith 1999), even-vs-variable pacing (Swain 1997, Atkinson 2007), long-TT
  durability (Maunder 2021); HR more usable than MTB but still secondary.

All new quantitative claims carry verified PMIDs/DOIs (verified via PubMed/
CrossRef); citations.md gains Road-racing and Time-trial sections. Honesty
flags: Blocken 2018 and Martin 1998 have no PMID (DOI only); the '~90% aero'
soundbite (Kyle & Burke 1984) is unverifiable and marked approximate;
criterium-specific literature flagged as a gap; no unverified HR-reliability
citation added (TT HR defers to data-confounds.md).

Router (SKILL.md) and README layout updated with both docs.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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## Road-racing demands (mass-start / criterium)
**✅ Vogt et al. 2007** — TdF mass-start mean power only ~3.13.3 W/kg (218234 W) despite decisive
higher efforts; stochastic profile. Vogt S, Schumacher YO, Roecker K, Dickhuth H-H, Schoberer U,
Schmid A, Heinrich L. *Power Output during the Tour de France.* Int J Sports Med. 2007;28(9):
756761. **PMID 17497569 · DOI 10.1055/s-2007-964982.**
**✅ Ebert et al. 2006** — pro men's tour: low mean power with repeated surges above maximal aerobic
power. Ebert TR, Martin DT, Stephens B, Withers RT. *Power output during a professional men's
road-cycling tour.* Int J Sports Physiol Perform. 2006;1(4):324335. **PMID 19124890 ·
DOI 10.1123/ijspp.1.4.324.**
**✅ Ebert et al. 2005** — women's World Cup power-output profile (SRM). Ebert TR, Martin DT,
McDonald W, Victor J, Plummer J, Withers RT. *Power output during women's World Cup road cycle
racing.* Eur J Appl Physiol. 2005;95(56):529536. **PMID 16151832 · DOI 10.1007/s00421-005-0039-y.**
**✅ Sanders & van Erp 2021** — updated review: demands strongly shaped by stage/race type. Sanders
D, van Erp T. *The Physical Demands and Power Profile of Professional Men's Cycling Races: An Updated
Review.* Int J Sports Physiol Perform. 2021;16(1):312. **PMID 33271501 · DOI 10.1123/ijspp.2020-0508.**
**✅ van Erp & Sanders 2021** — 2,920 files / 20 pros: demands vary by race category and result.
van Erp T, Sanders D. *Demands of professional cycling races: Influence of race category and result.*
Eur J Sport Sci. 2021;21(5):666677. **PMID 32584197 · DOI 10.1080/17461391.2020.1788651.**
**✅ Blocken et al. 2018** — CFD + wind tunnel: peloton drag drops to ~510% of an isolated rider.
**No PMID — cite by DOI** (journal not MEDLINE-indexed). Blocken B, van Druenen T, Toparlar Y,
Malizia F, Mannion P, Andrianne T, Marchal T, Maas G-J, Diepens J. *Aerodynamic drag in cycling
pelotons: New insights by CFD simulation and wind tunnel testing.* J Wind Eng Ind Aerodyn.
2018;179:319337. **DOI 10.1016/j.jweia.2018.06.011.**
**✅ Menaspà et al. 2015** — pro road sprint peak ~17.4 ± 1.7 W/kg, preceded by high-intensity
lead-in. Menaspà P, Quod M, Martin DT, Peiffer JJ, Abbiss CR. *Physical Demands of Sprinting in
Professional Road Cycling.* Int J Sports Med. 2015;36(13):10581062. **PMID 26252551 ·
DOI 10.1055/s-0035-1554697.**
**✅ Menaspà, Abbiss & Martin 2013** — world-class sprinter Grand Tour performance analysis.
Menaspà P, Abbiss CR, Martin DT. *Performance analysis of a world-class sprinter during cycling
grand tours.* Int J Sports Physiol Perform. 2013;8(3):336340. **PMID 23038704 ·
DOI 10.1123/ijspp.8.3.336.**
**✅ van Erp, Sanders & Lamberts 2021** — maintaining maximal power after high accumulated work is a
key success determinant (durability in road racing). van Erp T, Sanders D, Lamberts RP. *Maintaining
Power Output with Accumulating Levels of Work Done Is a Key Determinant for Success in Professional
Cycling.* Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2021;53(9):19031910. **PMID 33731651 ·
DOI 10.1249/MSS.0000000000002656.**
**✅ Etxebarria et al. 2019** — ~1 h prior stochastic cycling cut a subsequent 30 s sprint ~56%
(criterium/finish relevance). Etxebarria N, Ingham SA, Ferguson RA, Bentley DJ, Pyne DB. *Sprinting
After Having Sprinted: Prior High-Intensity Stochastic Cycling Impairs the Winning Strike for Gold.*
Front Physiol. 2019;10:100. **PMID 30837886 · DOI 10.3389/fphys.2019.00100.**
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## Time-trial demands
**✅ Crouch et al. 2017** — review: aerodynamic drag dominates at racing speeds; the rider is ~80% of
system drag. Crouch TN, Burton D, LaBry ZA, Blair KB. *Riding against the wind: a review of
competition cycling aerodynamics.* Sports Eng. 2017;20(2):81110. **DOI 10.1007/s12283-017-0234-1.**
> The popular "~90% of power to aero at 40 km/h" soundbite traces to **Kyle & Burke 1984**
> (*Mechanical Engineering*, a trade magazine — **not MEDLINE-indexed, unverifiable, do not cite as
> primary**). Use Crouch 2017 or Martin 1998 as the verifiable anchor and treat the exact % as
> approximate.
**✅ Martin et al. 1998** — validated mathematical model of road cycling power (R²=0.97); aero
dominates on the flat. **No PMID — cite by DOI** (journal not PubMed-indexed). Martin JC,
Milliken DL, Cobb JE, McFadden KL, Coggan AR. *Validation of a Mathematical Model for Road Cycling
Power.* J Appl Biomech. 1998;14(3):276291. **DOI 10.1123/jab.14.3.276.**
**✅ García-López et al. 2008** — wind-tunnel position changes cut pro cyclists' drag ~14%; CdA is
the primary TT lever. García-López J, Rodríguez-Marroyo JA, Juneau C-E, Peleteiro J, Córdova
Martínez A, Villa JG. *Reference values and improvement of aerodynamic drag in professional
cyclists.* J Sports Sci. 2008;26(3):277286. **PMID 17943597 · DOI 10.1080/02640410701501697.**
**✅ Swain 1997** — vary power on hills/wind (higher into climbs/headwinds) to save TT time. Swain
DP. *A model for optimizing cycling performance by varying power on hills and in wind.* Med Sci
Sports Exerc. 1997;29(8):11041108. **PMID 9268969 · DOI 10.1097/00005768-199708000-00017.**
**✅ Atkinson, Peacock & Passfield 2007** — updated model: variable pacing on terrain/wind saves
time; even power near-optimal on flat/windless. Atkinson G, Peacock O, Passfield L. *Variable versus
constant power strategies during cycling time-trials: prediction of time savings using an up-to-date
mathematical model.* J Sports Sci. 2007;25(9):10011009. **PMID 17497402 · DOI 10.1080/02640410600944709.**
**✅ Smith, Dangelmaier & Hill 1999** — critical power predicts 17-km/40-km TT (r = 0.77 to 0.91),
more than VT or VO2max. Smith JC, Dangelmaier BS, Hill DW. *Critical power is related to cycling time
trial performance.* Int J Sports Med. 1999;20(6):374378. **PMID 10496116 · DOI 10.1055/s-2007-971147.**
*(TT durability draws on Maunder et al. 2021 — see the Durability section above. A dedicated,
verified HR-reliability-in-TT citation was sought but not confirmed; TT HR guidance defers to
`data-confounds.md` rather than resting on an unverified source.)*
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## Strength training (incl. masters)
**✅ Llanos-Lagos et al. 2026 (epub 2025)** — meta-analysis, 17 studies / 262 cyclists: heavy