<P> Induráin took two months to consider his future, particularly the € 4.5 million that Manolo Saiz was said to have offered him to transfer to the ONCE team . Negotiations foundered over which races Induráin would ride and whether Saiz would pay more . However, on 1 January 1997 he told 300 journalists and others in the El Toro hotel in Pamplona that he would not race again . "This is a long and deeply meditated decision, especially as physically I'm in condition to win a sixth Tour", he said . "In early 1996 I decided it was time to go, and I tried to win the Tour for the last time . When I didn't, I thought the Olympics would be the perfect way of bowing out, but what happened after the Tour of Spain made me change my mind . Every year it gets harder and I think I have spent enough time in the sport . My family are waiting ." After reading a prepared 30 - line statement, he left without taking questions . </P> <P> Induráin now lives near Pamplona and has a house in Benidorm, on the Mediterranean . He and his wife, Marisa, have three children . He founded the Miguel Induráin Foundation in 1998 to promote sport in his home region of Navarra . He worked with the Spanish Olympic Committee to promote Sevilla's candidature for the 2004 Olympics, and the Union Cycliste Internationale . He continues to ride a bike three or four times a week . He attends cyclotourist events such as L'Étape du Tour, the Mallorca312 and the Cape Argus Pick & Pay Cycle Tour in Cape Town, South Africa . On the 2nd of September 2017 he raced redhook crit in Barcelona . </P> <P> According to the University of Ferrara, who conducted tests on Induráin, his strength came from his body's superior physiology . His blood took 7 litres of oxygen around his body per minute, compared to 3--4 litres for an ordinary person and 5--6 litres for fellow riders . His cardiac output was 50 litres a minute; a fit amateur cyclist's is about 25 litres . Induráin's lung capacity was 7.8 litres, compared to an average of 6 litres . His resting pulse was as low as 28 BPM, compared to an average 60--72 bpm, which meant his heart would be less strained in the tough mountain stages . His VO max was 88 ml / kg / min; in comparison, Lance Armstrong's was 83.8 ml / kg / min and Greg LeMond's was more than 92 ml / kg / min . </P> <P> He consulted the Italian professor Francesco Conconi (famous for pioneering EPO use in sport) from 1987 and his weight dropped from 85 kg (187 lb) to 78 kg (172 lb) under his guidance, "changing himself into an all - round rider", said Philippe Brunel in L'Équipe . He was 10 kg (22 lb) lighter than when he was a junior . </P>

Resting heart rate of tour de france cyclists
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