And there is also this article that hard start is also helpful with estimating power at vo2 max and correlates nicely with lab measured VO2 max (I know it is about power @vo2 max but can be interesting):
And there is also this article that hard start is also helpful with estimating power at vo2 max and correlates nicely with lab measured VO2 max (I know it is about power @vo2 max but can be interesting):