DREUX, France — The Tour de France riders who head to the official energy-bar provider each day really like the chocolate-nut protein bar, the vegan cacao-crunch bar, and the cola-flavored gel shots, according to the PowerBar representative working the station.
She told Business Insider those three are the most popular items she sees the riders pack into their jersey pockets each day before racing. She the photos below from the Tour's "free fuel" energy station:
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Welcome to the Tour de France.
Every day of the three-week Tour de France, there's a PowerBar station set up just near the sign-on area. PowerBar is the official nutrition supplier of the Tour.
Bar food.
The are a variety of energy bars available to the riders looking for "free fuel."
Liquid lunch.
And there are energy gels of different varieties.
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