Our columnist Marley Blonsky is currently at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. For many racers, the nine-day battle for the iconic yellow jersey is the biggest event of the year. For Marley, it’s her first ever in-person experience at a WorldTour road race, and she’s got questions.
How do riders pee mid-race? What do they eat to survive such intense efforts? What do they hear in those earpieces? And what’s with all the different races happening within the race?
The Video Interview:
Interview highlights
“There are several races within the race. Each stage is a race, but then there’s a race of all of the stages together, which is the general classification. The person that finishes all of the stages with the least amount of time is the general classification winner.