Project 4:05: Optimizing USA Cycling’s Women’s Team Pursuit Gold

Ryan Cooper; Lindsay Golich; Craig Griffin; Jono Hailstone; Jim Miller; Gary Sutton

doi:10.1287/inte.2025.0283

January 1, 2026INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics

Project 4:05: Optimizing USA Cycling’s Women’s Team Pursuit Gold

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The aim is to enhance the women's team pursuit race strategy to achieve better performance outcomes.
Utilized operations research techniques to analyze race data.
Applied mixed-integer programming for optimizing strategies.
Employed real-time analytics to adapt during races.
Transformed team performance from sixth place to Olympic gold.
Achieved a reduction in finish time by eight seconds.

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Project 4:05 optimized race strategy, improving performance in women’s cycling team pursuit, suggesting significant advancements.

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USA Cycling used operations research, mixed-integer programming, and real-time analytics to optimize the women’s team pursuit squad’s race strategy. Project 4:05 transformed the team from sixth place at the 2023 World Championships to Olympic gold at Paris 2024, reducing finish time by eight seconds.

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