The Weight of the Peloton | movie | 2022 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

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Does the pro peloton have a problem with food? Are cyclists eating enough to be healthy? Former pro cyclist and GCN pres | dG1fbVhpYWJOSmd1dHM

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00:00 (dramatic music)

00:02 The pursuit of low weight has been the obsession

00:04 of professional riders for generations.

00:06 The idea that the lighter riders usually outperform

00:13 all others has been received wisdom in our sport.

00:15 Well, ever since I can remember.

00:18 - Before, maybe one, two decades ago,

00:20 it was you were a hero if you could do a race

00:22 without eating and without drinking.

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00:27 (dramatic music)

00:30 - I know when I rode that the riders

00:34 would deliberately not eat very much.

00:36 Then they would take amphetamines to go for a five hour

00:38 or six hour ride and just burn off fat.

00:41 - There's mounting evidence that regularly skipping meals

00:43 to make weight is seriously dangerous.

00:46 Brittle bones and hormone system malfunctions

00:49 are headline physical risks.

00:52 - I'm often having this conversation sitting here

00:54 saying you're a 30 year old,

00:56 but actually your bones are looking like a really old person.

00:59 - Does the pro peloton have a problem with food?

01:02 Are riders eating enough to be healthy?

01:05 It's taking a huge mental and physical toll on riders

01:08 with some developing troubling relationships with food

01:11 that can last long after their career is over.

01:14 - When you step out into the real world

01:15 that you realize that your habits for eating aren't normal.

01:20 - I'm talking to past and present professionals

01:23 to see if the peloton's attitude to food

01:25 and weight is changing.

01:27 - I was possible in 2022 to do the same thing

01:31 of 10 or 15 years ago.

01:34 - And where does the responsibility lie?

01:37 Is enough being done or is the peloton

01:39 leaving casualties in its wake?

01:42 - My immune system took a massive hit in that first year

01:45 'cause I was super driven.

01:46 I was like kind of ignoring the signs

01:49 that I was feeling absolutely ruined.

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