Tour de France: when the gut becomes the weak link

During a Tour de France stage, the legs are not the only ones to suffer. While muscles constantly demand more blood, the skin tries to dissipate heat, and the brain […] Read more →

Nina Voit, the woman who listens to the body before the numbers

For three weeks, Tour de France riders subject their bodies to a series of physical demands that few human beings would be able to endure. They eat to generate watts, […] Read more →

I gained 3 kg in 4 days. Or so I thought.

There are mornings when the scale weighs more than just the body. It also weighs incomprehension. Thursday morning. A bloated stomach like after a winter ride in overly tight bib shorts. The […] Read more →