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What should you eat to recover after cycling?

If you want to get the best results out, you have to put the right fuel in

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Sir Dave Brailsford reveals his personal diet and training regime on Strava

Those following the Team Ineos head honcho on Strava couldn't quite believe their luck a few months back, when Brailsford gave an incredibly detailed and useful account of his own current diet and training plan

How to ride faster July 2019

How to ride faster

Advice to get you up to full speed on your bike and keep you there

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Eat yourself fit: nutrition for weight loss

Get in shape for the summer's big rides

Cycling app of the week: Lifesum

The new year has arrived, and our bellies are resting on our top tubes after a period of festive over-indulgence here at road.cc. Enter Lifesum, a handy and extensive meal/activity planner to help lose those excess pounds…

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Exclusive: Team Sky's Geraint Thomas shares his winter training and diet tips

Welsh star gives his advice on how best to prepare to reach your goals in 2017

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Meat-eating cyclists wanted for study looking into the performance benefits of vegetarianism

Does a vegetarian diet confer some performance advantage?

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New study confirms weight loss effect of commuting by bike

Leaving car at home resulted in 7kg weight loss

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‘Myth of physical activity and obesity’ editorial suspended by journal

Article had attracted strong criticism from experts

Burger and Fries (licensed CC BY SA 2.0 on Flickr by Marc Flores)

Value of exercise in fighting obesity a "myth" claim experts

"You cannot outrun a bad diet," says editorial in medical journal - but head of NICE dismisses views as "idiotic"

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