Hydration in Races

Readers Question: One of the few subjects I don’t think you’ve covered in the time I’ve been reading your posts is how and when to spend a penny in races! This year I’m training for the UK Ironman and have found myself doing more and longer rides and this has the obvious problem. What do long distance cyclists do? Is it a question of balancing fluid intake to minimise the number of stops or is it best to stay very hydrated and assume that time lost due to stopping is gained through performance increase? Well, in the Tour de France, they learn the art of spending a penny on the move (only they aren’t supposed to do it in built up areas and preferably when the cameras aren’t on them.) Sometimes they all stop at side of the road and catch up, but if the racing is pretty intense time stops for no man. But, Tour de France riders do many things we can’t. At cycle races, there usually aren’t any facitilities so, if necessary you just look for a suitable bush on route. Last year I was doing a 100 mile time trial and I drank far too much [...]

Source: http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/cycling/hydration-in-races/

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