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The Food Programme: Cycling and Food: Fuelling the Peloton

Cycling and Food: Fuelling the Peloton

08/07/2018

BBC Radio 4 - The Food Programme, Cycling and Food: Fuelling the Peloton

Behind the scenes at the world's biggest cycling events, the race is on in the kitchen.

Cycling presenter Rebecca Charlton takes you backstage at one of the world's greatest cycling events to meet the chefs cooking meals for riders burning up to 8,000 calories a day.

To celebrate the start of the Tour de France, cycling presenter and former racer Rebecca Charlton takes you behind the scenes at one of the world's biggest bike events to find the race is on in the kitchen to fuel riders who need to eat up to 8,000 calories per day for three weeks straight. She learns about Chris Froome's nutrition plan with Olympic coach and now Team Principal at Team Sky, Sir Dave Brailsford, she joins chef Sean Fowler as he cooks for the Groupama FDJ team as they fight for a place on the podium and she hears how the author of the Grand Tour Cookbook Hannah Grant had to battle to get her meals on the table in some of the worst kitchens imaginable.

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