tour de france feed bags
What do the cyclists in the Tour de France eat?
for breakfast, lunch and dinner? What's in the feeding of their stock they receive?
Do a Google search and found an interesting news article. It is from 2004 but I would say that is reasonably relevant. ————————- ————————- ————————- – In http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/main.jhtml?xml=/health/ 2004/07/27/hlance27.xml The American Lance Armstrong Performance Program (Rodale Books, £ 10.99), a training guide he co-wrote last year, Texan-born Armstrong, who lives in Spain with rock star girlfriend Sheryl Crow, revealed fascinating details about the fuel that feeds the victory. For breakfast, before a race, eat noodles (Pasta) with an egg on top, a sprinking of Parmesan and some shredded basil. A little protein contained in eggs, helps break down carbohydrates and restore and maintain the storage of carbohydrates. He also drinks between eight and 16 ounces of a sports drink. For a trip for four to six hours, the riders competing in need 7000 calories a day Tour. Lunch is prepared by the team's coach, and usually consists of small sandwiches containing honey and chopped bananas or smoked turkey with cream cheese, plus energy bars and fruits such as apples, peeled. These lunches are dispensed to pilots on their way: the coach is in the side of the road, holding a bag of light material called musette. The cyclist rides past, with one arm, and transfers the contents of the jersey back pockets. For avoid dehydration, drink drivers four to eight ounces every 10 to 15 minutes. Most of us would be difficult to keep constant the handlebars with both eating and drinking underway, but, as if this were not enough, after an exhausting day of cycling, passengers can put their feet up. This is because 30 minutes after the exercise is glycogen window "when the body needs to replace the storage carbohydrates in the body. The glycogen depletion is the main because of exhaustion, and that cyclists have to eat quickly potatoes, pasta, rice or muesli. Later in the evening, dinner includes Armstrong lean steak or chicken grid, during the last week of the race when the drivers are using all their energy reserves, they tend to limit foods that require more effort to digest, such as fresh vegetables, and much of their food is mashed
Iron Maiden-2.Two Minutes To Midnight(Bercy,France 1986)
