Dietary and nutritional approach to do the Rioja Bike Race

Case study

Bibliographic Data

ID17801810
AuthorsJosé Martínez Sanz (University of Alicante), José López Gómez (Hospital Clínic de Barcelona), Aurora Norte Navarro (University of Alicante), Alejandro Martínez‐rodríguez (0000-0002-7499-1471, University of Alicante, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume14
Issue41
Pages107-111
Publication date2019-05-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCultura Ciencia y Deporte (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1696-5043 • E-ISSN: 1989-7413
PublisherUCAM CCD (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.12800/ccd.v14i41.1270
OpenAlexW2965705350
LanguageEN
Citations received1

The Rioja Bike Race is an individual mountain bike competition that is carried out in 3 stages, with variable distances (60-83km). The event provides refreshment areas and technical assistance to meet the nutrition and hydration needs of the participants. The dietary-nutritional preparation is of great importance in order to reduce or even prevent gastrointestinal problems, dehydration, hyponatremia, fatigue, among others. The aim of this case study is to describe the dietary and nutritional planning of an athlete in this event. Test subject: Male, 37 years old and 10 years of sports experience and very important sport achievements. His eating habits, supplement intake and body composition were evaluated. For nutrition planning of the Rioja Bike Race, we took into account the dietary and nutritional recommendations for athletes in competition, test time, refreshment areas and possible food intake / supplements. The dietary- utritional planning in ultra-endurance events is important for successful performance in the competition, to decrease nutritional risk and avoiding dehydration, fatigue, gastrointestinal disturbances, etc

Athletes · Biology · Environmental health · Hyponatremia · Physical therapy · High Altitude and Hypoxia · Medicine · Muscle metabolism and nutrition · Sports Performance and Training

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