Nice read. A study was conducted with Movistar riders at the Vuelta a few years back, recording literally everything that they ate and drank.
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Thanks for sharing!
The fuelling documents released by Sky via the BBC showed that Froome ate only 2,466kCal (10,320kJ) on stage 11, as part of a plan to underfuel on easier stages to reduce body fat and launch an assault on the GC later in the race. The carbohydrate intake was a modest 407g, or 5.8g/kg during that stage, and only 57g per hour on the bike, in what was a hilly but not mountainous stage.
It’s unreal how far they take the weight loss/gain, calculated so much not to risk gaining a few grams on easier days.
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wow, that’s interesting. I’ve been a huge carb loading guy and recently tapered it back…no loss in performance but getting skinnier. thanks for posting this