Our Global Wellness Institute Breathe Initiative Member, Patrick McKeown – Breathing Instructor and Best Selling Author/Founder of Oxygen Advantage is bringing the power of BREATH to the Tour de France 2025. Patrick spoke at the Science & Cycling conference to an audience of 250 cycling professionals—coaches, scientists, riders, and support teams.
Via Oxygen Advantage: For the first time, the cycling world is truly paying attention to ventilation as a performance metric. Some riders will now be wearing jerseys that track ventilation in real-time—not just respiratory rate, but minute volume (the total amount of air breathed per minute). And that’s a game-changer. The Tour de France is about to begin. Every year, we watch the world’s best cyclists push their bodies to the absolute limit.
This year, some of them will be tracking their breath—because breathing isn’t just something that happens in the background. It’s now on the dashboard. It’s measurable. And it’s trainable. The question is: Will they know how to use it? You don’t have to wait for the technology to tell you. You can start training your breathing today. Be ahead of the curve. Breathe like it matters—because it does. Patrick says, “I think breathing is going to have a big place in cycling. It’s not something the industry will be able to ignore. Breathing is no longer an afterthought—it’s a performance tool. And it’s exciting to see th
e cycling world finally starting to embrace it.”
Breathing Sets The Limit: When breathing becomes too intense—when minute volume and tidal volume push too high—it can directly slow an athlete down. And while tracking this data is useful, the real question is: how do you change it? This is where Oxygen Advantage® breathing interventions come in. You can train breathing just as you train your legs. You can improve ventilatory threshold—the point where breathing starts to limit performance. You can delay lactic acid buildup, reduce fatigue, and lower minute ventilation with specific breathing techniques.
You can track your progress with the Body Oxygen Level Test (BOLT) score—a simple breath-hold measurement that reflects your breathing efficiency and CO₂ tolerance. Learn more about finding your own BOLT Score: https://oxygenadvantage.com/measure-bolt/
