Nutritional behavior of cyclists during a 24-hour team relay race: a field study report

Table 3 Macronutrient intake during the event.

Subjects	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Mean ± SD
Carbohydrates
Solids (g)	284	392	290	252	695	323	668	378	533 ± 175
Fluids (g)	538	533	442	566	889	574	456	268	410 ± 174
Total (g)	822	925	732	818	1584	897	1124	647	943 ± 295
g/kg^a	12.4	13.5	9.4	12.3	21.4	11.9	15.2	8.8	13.1 ± 4.0
g/min^b	2.06	2.55	1.91	2.70	3.12	2.66	3.77	2.11	2.61 ± 0.62
%^c	77.3	80.2	76.6	81.4	62.6	64.8	67.0	59.3	71.1 ± 8.7
Protein
Solids (g)	62	66	41	37	262	146	126	128	109 ± 75
Fluids (g)	35	25	35	33	245	80	60	8	65 ± 76
Total (g)	97	91	76	69	507	226	186	136	174 ± 146
g/kg	1.5	1.3	1.0	1.0	6.9	3.0	2.5	1.9	2.4 ± 1.9
%	9.2	8.0	8.1	6.9	20.2	16.1	11.2	12.7	11.5 ± 4.6
Ratio CHO: P (g)^d	8.5	10.2	9.6	11.9	3.1	4.0	6.0	4.7	7.2 ± 3.2
Lipids
Solids (g)	47	52	48	37	159	91	142	131	88 ± 49
Fluids (g)	17	10	17	15	42	25	22	5	19 ± 11
Total (g)	64	62	64	52	201	116	164	136	107 ± 56
g/kg	1.0	0.9	0.8	0.8	2.7	1.6	2.3	1.9	1.5 ± 0.7
%	13.7	12.2	15.3	11.8	18.0	18.6	22.2	28.3	17.4 ± 5.6

^a Ratio between total macronutrient intake (g) and body mass (kg) at the beginning of the event.
^b Ratio between total carbohydrate intake (g) and total racing time (min)
^c Percentage of the total energy intake
^d Ratio CHO: P (g): Ratio of total grams of carbohydrate intake in relation to total grams of protein during the event.

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