THE SHORT ANSWER
Hannah Grant, pro team chef, the grand tour cookbook, has appeared on the Roadman Cycling Podcast. Here's where Grant lands on protein for cyclists. The positions below are drawn from those conversations, quoted directly.
WHO IS HANNAH GRANT?
Hannah Grant fed a WorldTour team across five seasons of Grand Tours and turned the experience into the most credible cycling-nutrition cookbook ever published. Trained at Noma, chef for Tinkoff-Saxo from 2011, Daytime Emmy winner for Eat Race Win — she is the rare voice who has cooked at fine-dining level AND fed riders racing 200km a day for three weeks. For Roadman's audience she is the practical answer to the question most amateurs avoid: what do you actually put on the plate, every day, to fuel real training without ending up fat or under-recovered?
GRANT ON PROTEIN
Grant’s key positions on protein for cyclists.
- Recovery food has to be appetising or it does not get eaten — the protein dose post-stage matters less than whether the rider actually finishes the plate.
IN GRANT’S OWN WORDS
Verbatim from Hannah Grant’s appearances on the podcast.
“When I talk to retired riders I always ask them what would your advice be to amateur riders and I get the same answer from all the pros and that is chill out. They say when they see these guys being so strict that it almost like you know ruins marriages in terms of diet plan like the strict exercise regimes.”
“The first thing I ask them about is what is your alcohol intake like because honestly if you want to fine-tune everything alcohol is the first thing that needs to go before you start thinking about ketones and everything.”
“Depending on the rider depending on their stomach depending on their race like physiology how big they are and you know muscle mass and so on I mean they take in between 60 to 120 grams of carbs you know per hour. It's so much food on the bike.”
HEAR IT ON THE PODCAST
Episodes where Hannah Grant covers protein for cyclists and related ground.
FREQUENTLY ASKED
What does Hannah Grant say about protein for cyclists?
Hannah Grant, pro team chef, the grand tour cookbook, has appeared on the Roadman Cycling Podcast. Here's where Grant lands on protein for cyclists. The positions below are drawn from those conversations, quoted directly.
What is Grant's main point on protein?
Recovery food has to be appetising or it does not get eaten — the protein dose post-stage matters less than whether the rider actually finishes the plate.
Which Roadman Cycling Podcast episodes cover Hannah Grant on protein?
Grant discusses protein for cyclists in this episode: "Omerta Busted: How Pro Cyclists Lose Weight FAST | Hannah Grant".