The Jumbo-Visma recipe to make Roglic the winner

Roglic looks at food inside the kitchen truck of the Jumbo team.jumbo-visma

During an informal meal, Óscar Pereiro, winner of the 2006 Tour de France, recounted that, strange as it may seem, not all teams look first at their rider but rather at the checkbook, to the point that sometimes the cyclists are not they pay for the days of concentration in height or, even, they must take a plane from another city because it is cheaper.

That does not happen in Jumbo-Visma, a solid team economically [although nobody like Ineos, Israel or UAE] and with a clear philosophy, focused on the corridor and technology.

“Cyclists come first.

All the help we can give them to improve, to rest, to recover, is good.

It is about having as much as possible so that they can offer their best version”, they proudly resolve from the Dutch team.

And, as they argue,

, which can be downloaded from Google Play or the App Store.

They trust her so that Roglic [in his legs too, of course] has recovered and can win today's time trial, where he will see them again with the hitherto ineffable Evenepoel and his red jersey.

As soon as the two stages that have finished on top so far in the Vuelta, days in which Roglic lost time and aspirations, his

sent data to the iPad of Martijn Redegeld, responsible for the team's nutrition.

“So I see what they have eaten such as bars and bottles, also what they have spent in terms of proteins, carbohydrates, calories... And the application translates it directly and exactly into the foods they should eat.

How many grams of fish, meat or pasta, whatever it is”, explains Redegeld.

And he adds: "Fortunately, Roglic likes everything, although he does ask for a lot of variety."

The food is brought directly from Holland, from the Jumbo supermarkets, the team's sponsor, and they cook it in a truck that follows the team throughout Spain and always parks next to the hotels.

“We have two cooks”, they reveal from the Dutch team.

“Although with Roglic they already know that in the morning he wants two slices of bread and an egg, as well as fruit.

After the race she eats pasta or rice, and maybe pizza, hamburger… ”.

What they cannot use, however, are the patches that have a tiny needle that is inserted under the skin and controls glucose levels —that which the athlete Eliud Kipchoge made fashionable in his day and that so many athletes later use— because the UCI does not allow it in the race.

"I guess they're afraid it will affect the race, but it really doesn't make much sense because it's something that would be good for them," agrees Redegeld, passionate about technology like everyone at the Jumbo.

That is why they were able, thanks to the University of Eindhoven, to create a full-size 3D model of Roglic, to be able to analyze it in the wind tunnel and find the perfect position.

“In a time trial, the smallest details can be decisive.

That's why we look at where to put the number;

"We use the technology that we can and we try to be up to date," they add from Jumbo.

Like

—monitoring and analysis of training in real time— or

—map with the profile of the race and where they decide what exactly to give at the aid stations—.

But, they insist, nothing like

, the recipe they long for, will serve to cut time with Evenepoel in the time trial.

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