2024 TDF: What Do Tour de France Riders Eat While Racing?
By The Feed.
The Tour de France is a 21-day feast of adrenaline and exhilaration fueled by the rich flavors of perseverance and determination. In essence, it's a bike race coupled with an eating contest. The Tour de France is one of the most monumental efforts in sports, so what do Tour de France riders eat while racing?
Victories are savored like fine wine. Losses sting like sharp fromage. Suspense hangs in the air like drying charcuterie. Huge mountain climbs, thrilling sprints, nail-biting descents, and unforeseen obstacles add a layer of complexity. Le Tour is both an athletic and culinary masterpiece. These essential pieces of sports nutrition are what set the stage and bolster the riders’ performances day in and day out.
Here is a breakdown of what Tour de France riders eat while racing by team:
INEOS Grenadiers:
Beta Fuel Gel
High carb. High results. We’ve seen what BETA FUEL can do. From back-to-back-to-back TDF victories to 80km solo 80km breakaway in Stage 19 of the 2018 Giro D’Italia - this ultra-high carb feast serves up victories without upset stomachs. Indulge is these and the only thing left upset will be the competition.
Team Visma - Lease a Bike
HVMN Ketone-IQ
AMACX Drink Gel
Like a secret menu item anyone can order, Team Visma - Lease a Bike imbibes the whispered promise of HVMN Ketone IQ’s 2-3% performance edge. Proven to serve up a metabolic advantage, deliver metal clarity and give riders an unparalleled advantage when navigating through sufferfest situations, Ketone IQ is the coveted secret weapon of champions. But shhhh, it’s not just Ketones fueling Team Visma - Lease A Bike’s phenomenal results. They also have the benefit of delighting in AMACX’s legendary Drink Gel. This highly liquid, high carb, highly easy to digest, drinkable gel contains various sources of carbohydrates with a gradual release of energy so you can outlast every competitor.
EF Education - EasyPost
AMACX Turbo Gel
Bid adieu to traditional fueling methods. Savor the sensation of heightened power coursing through your veins with just one effortless slurp of the AMACX Turbo Gel. As easy to digest as a gel yet without the cumbersome act of chewing, the AMACX Turbo Gel ignites performance with unparalleled efficiency. This extraordinary creation delivers an instantaneous surge of 40 grams of carbohydrates, propelling your biggest efforts. As one notorious and 72x national champion on the EF Education - EasyPost squad told us, they love the Turbo Gel “because it goes down like a Coffin Bay King Oysters”.
Lidl Trek & UAE Team Emirates
Enervit C2:1 PRO Carbo Chewable Gel
Enervit C2:1 PRO Carbo Gel
Now serving podiums. The Enervit C2:1 PRO Carbo Chewable Gel and PRO Carbo Gel encapsulate the essence of victory itself. The PRO Carbo Gel has a chewable texture as fluid as the rush of adrenaline. The PRO Carbo Chewable Gel delivers the same feeling while letting you masticate. Used by Tadej Pogacar as he surges away from the pack and Mads Pederson as he launches towards finish lines, these gels are part fuel, part energy drink, part triumph maker and formulated with a simple blend of 2:1 Glucose to Fructose carbohydrates. Each one propels any rider closer to the zenith of athletic achievement.
Intermarche
The Maurten Complete Nutrition System
If you want a feast of speed, precision attacks, daring breakaways, and triumphant results load with Marten's full-tasting menu of meticulously scientific sport nutrition. From its globulous (and genius) Bicarb System to its powerful Hydrogel Technology Maurten is fuel for those who want to make every pedal stroke count. Team SD Worx - Protime and Canyon SRAM are proof as clear as Maurten’s 160 gel that Maurten is the crème de la crème of sport nutrition. Maurten is becoming a symbol of victory, rigor, and the relentless pursuit of greatness.
Soudal QuikStep
6d Sport Nutrition
Savor the essence of not just high carb, but ultra carb with a gel designed to elevate endurance endeavors to new heights. Each liquidy sachet is infused with an abundance of 45 grams of premium carbohydrates, meticulously curated to fuel the ambitions of both the men and women’s Soudal squads with precision and efficiency. With just two of these delectable gels AG Insurance-Soudal and Soudal QuikStep can effortlessly achieve the coveted 90 grams of carbs per hour, sparing them the burden of having to constantly fuel.
Here's what you could expect on the menu for a day:
Apéritifs:
→ 6D Nutrition Sodium Bicarbonate
Boissons:
→ Enervit Isocarb 2:1 Drink Mix
→ Maurten Drink Mix (160 & 320)
→ 6d Sports Nutrition Isotonic Drink Mix
Entrees:
→ 6d Sports Nutrition Ultra Gel
Plats:
→ Enervit C2:1PRO Carbo Chewable Gel
Desserts & Digestifs: