PRO Tips and Secrets

World Tour professionals do not rely on chance but on precision protocols often confined to team buses.

    Personalized Sweat Test: Pros undergo testing to determine exactly how many milligrams of sodium they lose per liter of sweat, allowing them to customize the concentration in their bottles.

    Pickle Juice: Despite the unpleasant taste, many elite cyclists use small "shots" of acidic/spicy juice to inhibit cramps in under 60 seconds by triggering oropharyngeal reflexes.

    Sodium Bicarbonate: Used to buffer muscle acidosis, it delays the fiber fatigue that often precedes the onset of a cramp.