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Tour de France: How many calories will the winner burn?

  • Written by John Eric Goff, Professor of Physics, University of Lynchburg
imageTour de France riders have to eat constantly to replenish the energy they burn. Filip Bossuyt/Flickr, CC BY-NDimageCC-BY-ND.

Imagine you begin pedaling from the start of Stage 17 of this year’s Tour de France. First, you would bike approximately 70 miles (112 km) with a gradual increase in elevation of around 1,300 feet (400 m). But you’ve...

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