Tour Stage 2: Time for Lunch

Every stage of a Pro Tour race, including the Tour de France, designates an two kilometer area somewhere near the middle of the stage where riders can get food bags, called "musettes" from the team Soigneurs.  A bicycle racer will burn roughly 4,000 calories in a single average stage of racing, keeping themselves fueled up can be a difficult task particularly when you realize that it needs to be nutritious, healthy and combined the correct balance of proteins and carbohydrates.  Most pro tour teams have a team chef who works with the team nutritionist.  On the other side of the musete, it needs to be tasty and to each riders liking.  Another side note in this image, you may notice the yellow race number on the back of David Lopez (Team Sky), it is worn by the team with the team lead, think of it as a Yellow Jersey for a team.  Jan Barta and Leopold Konig of NetApp-Endura are rummaging through their lunch bags, transferring the contents to bottle cages, pockets and stomachs, before getting back to the business of racing to Sheffield.  This is an original small watercolor and ink painting that is available through my artist website at www.greigleach.com and will be part of my self published book, "Book de Tour" (to learn more about the book project and your opportunity to place a pre-order, please visit https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1335072134/book-de-tour.  To purchase this particular painting, just follow the direct link at the end of this post.

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