It’s crucial to consider nutrition along side your cycling training programme. With appropriate nutrition it is possible to significantly improve training, race performance and recovery.
Cyclists need to ensure energy intake meets energy expenditure in both training and competition furthermore, fuelling up correctly and recovering effectively with protein and carbohydrate after sessions will help your body adapt to the physical demands placed upon it. In fact, recovery should be viewed with an equal importance as training. You may also consume caffeine to improve performance, specifically during long training sessions and competitions.