this Year’s Tour de France featured for Jakob Fuglsang, on a golden chance to run with the very top of the standings. He was the undisputed captain of Astana, he had his longtime personal trainer at his side and a strong team behind him, and his physiological data showed that he had never been better.
And so tingle house of cards yet together, and Fuglsang finished in a disappointing 12. space. It was in part that he allowed himself to be persuaded by a nutritionist to take an extra dose fiskeolietabletter containing omega 3-fatty acids.
– It created an imbalance in the body, which made it more difficult for me to recover. I took fiskeolietabletter both morning and evening on the recommendation of the staff around me, but it was obviously more than I could afford, ” says Fuglsang to Politiken.
To a rider that has organized its entire season after the Tour de France, start experimenting during the race itself, will find Ekstra cykelsportskommentator, Michael Rasmussen, hovedrystende amateurish.
– This is complete idiocy. It is simply too stupid to try them with extra nutritional supplements during the race itself. All that needs to be tested long before, says Michael Rasmussen.
– Regardless of whether it is a new bike, a special helmet or a dietary supplement, so it must be tested in advance, says Rasmussen.
Fuglsangs then head coach, Rune Larsen, recognizing that it is seen from the outside may seem a little odd to a first-class klassementsrytter begin to experiment with supplements during the season’s most important race.
– I understand that it may look amateurish, but you must understand that it is experts in diet and nutrition, has advised Jacob, and they have been convinced that there would not be problems, said Rune Larsen.
Rune Larsen now works full time with the other athletes in his business AimHigh. Photo: Ernst Van Norde.
– All riders try everything to optimize their performance, and when it then turns out just that last possibility, so does the.
– sometimes it goes well, and so it is perhaps it that puts a rider in a position to ’break the sound barrier’. And sometimes it goes not so good, and so it looks all pretty bad, said Rune Larsen.
He was under the Tour not knowing that Fuglsang got extra fish oil, but he respects that kostvejleders decision from the realization that he is not himself a nutritionist.
– I am a trainer and coach, and it was not my job to decide what the riders got in the diet. Other staff took the decision out from the expertise they have, said Rune Larsen.
– however, It is mostly my attitude that one should not try new things during the season’s most important race. It should you do the former, for it is too risky during a race as the Tour de France.
– It is quite difficult to have the opportunity to make studies of topsportsfolk and get the knowledge about how they respond to even small changes in the diet. Top athletes are unique, and we know with certainty that their response to specific stimuli does not always correspond to a gennemsnitsdansker experience, said Rune Larsen.
He resigned in november from his position at Astana and now works full time with the other athletes in his business AimHigh. Jakob Fuglsang has not responded to the Ekstra comments.
