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I'm a bit sad that a topic I find so interesting mostly gathers knee-jerk reactions here on HN. Yes, doping, blah blah we get it. But the logistics of TdF is i
by matsemann 2y ago
I'm a bit sad that a topic I find so interesting mostly gathers knee-jerk reactions here on HN.
Yes, doping, blah blah we get it. But the logistics of TdF is insane. With a new city every day, things need to move fast and preparations start early. For instance Uno-X team has a small trailer with 800 kgs of ice they travel around with, after having trouble sourcing enough ice in the small villages they stay at.
Actually having your own chef source stuff is one way to avoid accidental doping scandals.
I've read the Velochef book and like the recipes there. One thing I've never appreciated before is how hard it is to actually get this amount of calories down. Especially since much of it must be consumed on the bike so needs to be easy to transport/store/eat on the fly. And eating while working out can be tough on the stomach. EDB finally got his break through when they managed to nail a nutrition he didn't get cramps from eating.
- mesofile 2y agoSorry, I follow cycling casually but I'm racking my brain trying to think of who 'EDB' refers to.
- wiether 2y agoSame, I can't find anyone close to it.
- matsemann 2y agoSorry, it was an autocorrect by my phone. EDB means Elektronisk Data Behandling, which is an archaic Norwegian way of writing computers, lol.. I meant to write EBH, Edvald Boasson-Hagen. I probably should've spelled it out, but the Velochef book is by the Team Sky chef, the team of EBH.
- wiether 2y agoDon't worry! Given Henrik Orre is Norwegian, I thought about EBH but it was still far from EDB... All is good now!
- ragazzina 2y agoChatGPT suggests self-assuredly and completely wrong "The famous cyclist known by the acronym EDB is Egan Daniel Bernal".
- durkie 2y agoreminds me of an anecdote from Le Ride (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Ride https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Ride ) that talks about in one of the early Tours de France, a rider was disqualified because he broke his crank, hobbled to a nearby town, found the blacksmith, and the rider welded his own crank back together, but the blacksmith's son operated the bellows and this was seen as too much external assistance.
- ydant 2y agoLooks to be this rider - Eugène Christophe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Christophe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Christophe
- wiether 2y agoEugene Christophe' story is actually a meme for French fans because almost every year on French TV, the History guy will tell the story. No matter what happen and where the race goes.