“People are a bit timid and afraid to say it out loud on the antenna, but riders also admit that ketones help with recovery”, Michel Wuyts says.
“Ketones could also play a role in recovery in the longer term. A peak does not last two to three weeks, but maybe one and a half to two months. Still, ketones are not a panacea. You have to link it to a sensible approach.”
“If we can draw a positive lesson from this corona year, it is that the performance curves last longer than expected. And that is to be welcomed because the general public likes that too. They think it is great that riders who excel in the Tour are also top. in the classics and at the World Championships. In the Vuelta we saw that the riders who competed at the top had also decided the Tour. “
“Of course it will be a different matter if you want to spread this over a full season. Then you are obliged to periodize more. It is impossible to be there from the Omloop to the Tour.”
“So you will have to take breaks anyway and – very important – altitude training sessions. The biggest gains that have been made, even more than through ketones, are those intermediate altitude tags. Teams that can afford that, go three or four times a season. internship and you notice it. “
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