The Tour de France

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

Science Radio, Natural Sciences, Engineering, Science, Medicine, Life Sciences, Technology, Health & Fitness, Naked Scientists

4.6 • 893 Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2010

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

The Tour de France is the subject of this week's summer special as we look into the science and engineering of professional road bikes, training the human physique to endure thousands of kilometres on the saddle and eating the right food to keep you on the road. We also go out along some of the stages of the tour, meet a professional sprinter, find out why fans travel thousands of miles to see their cycling heroes in action and meet the doctors, mechanics, and organisers that turn the Tour de France into the well oiled machine that it is! Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	Boldly going where no science show has gone before.
0:05.0	The Naked Scientists.
0:10.0	In this special pre-recorded edition of the Naked Scientists, we'll be looking at the science and technology behind one of the most iconic events on the cycling calendar, the Tour de France.
0:25.0	We'll be finding out the engineering and mechanics behind designing professional road bikes
0:30.0	and discover how our bodies can be trained and fed to cycle hundreds. bikes and
0:33.4	discover how our bodies can be trained and fed to cycle hundreds of kilometers every day for three weeks.
0:38.0	We'll also be out on some of the routes raced in this year's tour,
0:41.3	meet the fans that travel from around the globe to see
0:44.4	their cycling heroes, and meet a world-class sprinter to see how he puts the training,
0:50.2	nutrition and equipment together to win.
0:53.0	So join me Mira Senti Lingam
0:56.0	to explore the science behind cycling
0:58.0	in the naked scientists at the Tour de France.
1:01.0	Bringing the Facts to Bear
1:05.0	The Naked Scientists.
1:08.0	The Tour de France is an annual cycle race which takes place in July throughout France and its surrounding countries.
1:17.5	And this year's tour saw 22 teams of cyclists battle for a variety of titles and prizes.
1:24.0	I joined the Garmin Transitions team out on the road
1:27.8	to see it all in action,
1:29.2	as it's not just about winning the overall race,
1:32.4	which is what Matt White, their sports director,
1:35.2	explained to me when I got there.
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