You will be presented with a citation segment from the section of a research paper. Classify the intent behind this citation by choosing from one of the following categories:

- Method: Cites the paper for its methodology or procedure.
- Background: Cites the paper to provide background information.
- Result: Cites the paper for its findings or results.

Your answer should be a single word from the following list of options: ["Method", "Background", "Result"]. Do not include any other text in your response.

Citation sentence:

As the subjects had each recently (i.e. within 1 week) undertaken a ramp-incremental exercise test, we had access to their peak _VO2 and hL values, estimated using the V-slope method and supporting indices (Beaver et al. 1986).
Method