The Feed Zone: Vande Velde the Eating Machine

Author: Alyssa, Team Garmin-Chipotle Soigneur

16 Jul

On an average day, each rider drinks about 8-10 bottles. That is about the same for Christian. As for food, normally they each have about 3-4 CLIF bars (Mojo, Nectar, Luna and the original - just depends on what their taste buds dictate that day!), 8 CLIF Gels, 5 packs of CLIF Shot Bloks, 2 fresh panini, and 5-7 of Allen Lim’s special rice cakes. Sounds like a lot, no?

Well we had to double that for Christian on stage 10 (and well most days)!!! He was an eating machine! And still hungry at the end of the race! He ate a CLIF Builder’s protein bar and drank 1.5 liters of CLIF Shot Electrolyte drink!

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12 Responses for "The Feed Zone: Vande Velde the Eating Machine"

Micah Ewing July 16th, 2008 at 4:58 pm 1
Christian is earning and burning every calorie. Keep up the great work! Any chance the bloggers would share the recipe for Allen’s rice cakes that we keep reading about, or is it a closely guarded Garmin-Chipotle secret?
Pat July 16th, 2008 at 5:00 pm 2
I can’t wait to see this picture, but with some Argyle instead:

http://photos-f.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v122/122/5/614836677/n614836677_229533_8003.jpg
Jonathan July 16th, 2008 at 5:08 pm 3
You’re eating Chipotle. I’m very jealous. I’ve moved to France with my family and we’ve been here just under a year. One thing I miss most is Chipotle!!

Saw you on Sat in Toulouse and today in Foix. Team (and Christian) are looking great. My family is living in Puivert for the summer (km 27 tomorrow) so we’ll cheer you on one more time.

All 5 of us are pulling for Christian and the Garmin-Chipotle team.

Jonathan
Admin July 16th, 2008 at 6:27 pm 4
Micah - On the home page, see Allen Lim’s rice cake recipe.
anni atkinson July 16th, 2008 at 7:49 pm 5
The team at Methven Real Estate Victoria Australia wish the team all success and a safe tour and say well done, we are getting bleary eyed but enjoying every minute of this fantastic tour. Well done Trent we are looking after your Dad he cannot take the smile off his face. We will be following you all the way to Paris. Onward Christians’ soldiers!
Jack July 16th, 2008 at 8:04 pm 6
This may be an odd question, but…

That sounds like a lot of water and electromix. What do the guys do when well, nature calls? Or are they putting out so much energy that it all goes into their body processes and perspiration? I’m just curious.
inka July 17th, 2008 at 12:21 am 7
too bad the hot dog eating Black Hole of Japan has retired… we might have had something to watch in the off season.
inka July 17th, 2008 at 12:31 am 8
oh, and from Chicago…. we hope Christian continues to kick arse and take names…. we are rooting for you Christian - our home town boy looks spectacular this year…. (and i’m not just referring to how you cut that mullet that must have been weighing you down)
Bernardo July 17th, 2008 at 5:09 pm 9
Jack - they just stop by th side of the road and “go”, and then ride hard to catch the peleton. Usually, a bucn of guys stop at the same time, and the peleton doesn’t attack. Occasionally on versus you’ll catch it in the coverage.
Mark McClure July 18th, 2008 at 9:42 pm 10
It would seem like using a Gel-flask would be the way to go, vice tearing into all those individual gels.
Brendan July 27th, 2008 at 10:59 pm 11
Jack - Your skin basically becomes your bladder on the long trips these amazing cyclists do. You perspire a lot while biking. I get big salt crystals on my skin due to so much perspiration on long rides and usually dont have to go to the bathroom until later at night.
GoTubeless.com October 2nd, 2008 at 9:49 pm 12
Christian is fortunate that Chipolte is one of his sponsors. Hope he gets free burritos during the off-season too. Good post-ride food for sure. Goes great with a cold beer to really get those carbs in.