The route to the Tour de France goes through the stomach
What does it take to put together the menu for one of the leading Tour de France teams? And where do you source all the produce in the middle of the Alps?
Chef Owen Blandy is one of the most important people in sport.. the chef!
He told Sportshour's Caroline Barker how he plans the nutritional needs and feeding a team of hungry cyclists for the duration of the Tour de France.
Photo: UAE-Team Emirates team member Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia jokingly bites a broccoli included in a basket of local produce presented to him on the podium after his victory in the Tour de France Saitama Criterium cycling race in Saitama on November 5, 2023. (Credit: AFP)
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