The funny thing is, your barbell squat numbers might go up a little during the bike phase, whilst your sprinting speed gets a little ‘flat’.
One test I did showed that and exercise can make one thing go up, and another thing go down. I did 70 reps of deep knee bend jump squats, with dumbells. (needed a few short pauses in middle of set.)
The next day I jumped a little higher but ran a little slower than usuall. (As I was pretty much expecting.)
Long distance work on the bike may deplete the muscles of a lot of fuel. Some have taken a month to fully restore glycogen levels.
Also, the muscle lengths in cycling may change the sarcomere lengths in the muscle. The ‘muscle pull’ is different on a bike. Certain fibers change from parralel to cross-bridged and visa versa, depening on many things. Length tension relationship, required speed of tension build up, volme of reps, etc
The hamstrings can loose their length from a lot of cycling. A common complaint among cyclists.
Spinal posture can change slightly. On a bike, you use spinal flexion. Sprinting is mainly hip hyper extension (the exact opposite.)
I think I could add a little more, but I’m round a mates house, and he’s trying to watch television, and he can only hear me type. Will get back to this thread…