Have a go at making Ollie's rice cakes and let us know how you get on!

"Caffeine gels...which are gels with caffeine in them." Whoa, whoa, whoa... slow down, professor...

You have no idea how much I needed that rice cake recipe plus wrapping. Also the lack of pre-made food made this the most realistic cooking show

Hey Ollie, the reason they mix carbs with protein in the energy bars is also to slow the rate of stomach emptying slightly, prolonging the carbohydrate absorption and reducing lower GI distress during the long stages.

And there are caffeine gels which are gels with caffeine in them.

I have collected musette bags at every feed zone at every race i have been to over the last 15 years. From what i have seen the rice cakes are shunned, the "noodle" cakes are shunned, the pavo (turkey) rice ball in a meal cakes are shunned. They are always to be had in the bags as weight to sling the bag away and found littered all over the race cource after the feedzone. What i do see on the road in the form of trash are the gels and the silver square packages filled with the above mentioned items. They do not eat those. They also seem to like nutella in one form or another. Whether that be in a brioche - with a slice of banana ( or strangely enough with peanut butter or a slice of thin ham). Some like madeleine's. Edvald Boasses bag ( he is a good boy ) contained hardly anything. He left me a rice cake and some unwanted hard to chew bar and some gels. What i find interesting are the different preferences depending on what nations bag you get when it comes to the worlds. Normal europeans take the standard stuff. Gels, bars, rice cakes, coke ect. Southern europeans, e.g. the spanish and italians, seem to like some very interesting stuff indeed when it comes to flavor profile. Pina Colada gels and portugues marmalade - which ( i found out from the portugues team car members) is a form of quince reduction in the shape of a rectangle. Very nice indeed. This stuff rocks. Quinta de Coro was the brand. I am in the process of getting some from portugal. It tastes very sweet with a honey taste. Very nice. Not what us northereners see that is for sure. The french have some weird gels. Bizarre tasting stuff in tiny squezze tubes the shape of a super glue tube with the twist top.. No wonder they left them in the bags. Yuck. A lot of riders drinks really watery substances. A really weak ISO drink is what i could describe it as. Some drink cold thin and very weak tea of some sort. Overall the contents of their bottles were not sweet at all. Very weak mixtures. Have yet to find any sort of muesli bar mix type stuff. Either they eat them or they are just not packed but i also check the silver wrappers that were discarded and none seem to mention anything of muesli, nutty oat type stuff.

I eat only burritos during TDF, gives me nice boost

Ollie....Don't change, just keep being you! Absolutely brilliant tutorial. Laughed and learned!

Since I couldn't find where anyone else did this, here you go: Ollie's rice cake recipe 500 grams risotto rice 250 grams cream cheese 1 tsp vanilla extract 2 tsp Ground cinnamon 3 TBSP sugar 2 TBSP of Agave nectar of honey Wash the rice then put in a large sauce pan. Add: 3 TBSP sugar 2 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp vanilla extract Precisely 800 ml of water Put the lid on. Bring mixture to a boil then simmer for 10 min with the lid on. Empty cooked rice mixture into a large tray lined with parchment paper. Mix in 250grams of cream cheese and 2 TBSP of agave nectar or honey. Evenly flatten out the mixture. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Lift the rice cakes out from the tray using the parchment paper and place onto a chopping board. Cut into evenly sized squares then wrap with parchment paper lined aluminum foil.

for some reason i expected the pros to sit in some restaurant and see what they ordered, but this is good too

Laughed way too hard at your American accented 'plastic wrap' especially when I was thinking to myself who the hell says cling film 😂

"There are also caffeine gels... Which are gels that have caffeine in them." For every 60 seconds a minute passes in Africa

What a coincidence, I too have my diet based on panini and Coca Cola :) ...all I need is a bike, now.

what do riders eat? First item: Bottles!

Man why’d he have to do us like that with “plastic wrap” lmao 😂

I'm sure the recipe is fine and whatnot, but watching that knife cutting into a metal tray physically hurt.

For added benefits, add THC butter or CBD oil to your rice cakes. Pain-killing rice cakes if you will.

The beer you took from Dan's desk is a zero alcohol Heineken. It's all carbs. Not booze. Should be okay during a ride.

"There are also caffeine gels, which are gels that have caffeine in them" My world has been shattered

I love Oliie! He’s the type of guy who prepares for everything! 🇺🇸🇬🇧

"Here's one I made earlier" - that look on Ollie's face that says, 'oh yeah, I've made it. Forget Everesting, forget being given free superbikes, this is the pinnacle of my career right now.'

Excellent video Ollie! GCN’s production quality is on another level. I just want to mention that agave is pronounced “ah-GAH-vay”. Plastic Wrap on the other hand...you nailed it. Keep up the great work!

This should be a technical challenge on the Great British Bake Off.

I had a curry during the Tour de France yesterday... I was watching the highlights though.

who else thought that a presenter would take the bag during the intro?

Agave syrup is essentially 100% fructose - which means it needs to be metabolized by the liver prior to being used by your muscles. Honey is only about 45% fructose, so it would be a better option for both speed of availability and liver health, since excess fructose consumption can lead to fatty liver disease.

Adding a small bit of chili flocs gives it a nice taste. Don't overdo it though, that'll highly impact your seating comfort.

DO the mixing in the saucepan. Make it much easier. I prefer savory rice cakes, I get enough sugar in the gels.

Thanks Ollie for the rice cake tips; use of parchment / foil paper and the folding pattern. And I especially like the "from the states" accent.

In Italian: One PANINO two PANINI so if it’s only one you should say panino but it’s ok

I love the subtle nod to “The Great Escape” at 11:52.

I normally eat just some heavy food like nachos during the tour de France. It's also important to vary the food up because the race can get pretty boring. Makes it easier to sit in front of the TV.

That “here’s one I made earlier” moment was incredibly meta 😂

Great video Ollie, I like your balance of accessible content but also adding a subtile scientific touch to it! Gives a bit of detail and as a scientist I find other cycling content missing the marginal gains, pushing me to a top 10% rider on strava rather than a top 12% rider! haha).

These cooking-type videos are genuinely better than professionals do. "I'm not measuring this, just winging it." "If you have another tin which you can use to press down, great; I don't." All the professional chef-type videos -- they have so much equipment all ready at their disposal. They have a spoon covered in honey then stick it straight in a brand new pack of flour, ruining loads of flour -- they don't care as they aren't paying for it! These are genuine do-it-yourself videos described in a way that real people _can actually do!_ Thank you!

In Hawaii they eat something called Mitsubi. It's rice with a thin bit of spam. Spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam. I usually take one of those with me on a ride that is less than 50 miles. It's very savory as the spam is marinated in a sauce before it's cooked. They have small rectangular castings that you mold the rice in, maybe smear a bit of something like flavor paste before placing the spam on top. Then you wrap the whole thing is a thin piece of seaweed. It's also wrapped in something like your parchment foil. But it gives you, in my opinion, the right amount of calories and carbs to keep on trucking down the road. Good video.

I'm thinking rice cakes with chocolate spread and peanut butter for a resets pieces kinda flavour, or caramel sauce and dried banana for a banoffee tasted

Initially I thought "oh, fancy. Someone's been to Waitrose" but then I realised he couldn't say Agave so order was restored.

Nice choice of knives!! I've got the same kitchen knife and I use it for everything... except for cutting cakes in a pan! That's a good way to dull your knives!

* I think* you should add the vanilla extract at the very end of cooking, so it doesn't dissipates. Great bonus the rice cake part, tho! Thanks

I loved Ollie's impression of American pronunciation

I enjoyed the clip today and seeing how Ollie makes the rice cakes. I have a few recipes ftom various sources, but I like Ollie's idea of the cream cheese. I might switch out for almond butter though when I make some for an upcoming overnight bike camping trip and an imminent backpacking trip. Thx for the great content.

Personal experience from my second go at the 160 km around Lake Taupo: less fluids, less pee stops and started on muesli bars within the first hour, gels in the final 1-2 hours and Jelly Babies in the last 30 minutes. I still craved a soft brown bread marmite & butter sandwich.

Crazy how much different the nutrition is for different endurance racers like for cycling they tend for the sugary fast acting foods whereas racers like f1 drivers tend to not eat much sugar whatsoever and having to also take alot of fluid on board before a race as they lose like 3kg a race where with cyclists they constantly aee drinking, i mean racing drivers drink during the race too but its generally warm water and only used to keep the mouth from going dry so its very interesting to see both sides of things and how much sports can differ even when they are both endurance!

11:07 as an american I have never heard such an accurate american accent

Ollie is the best presenter ☝🏻😊👍🏻

Definitely going to make those rice cakes! That parchment/foil combo is MIND BLOWING! I did not know that existed.

Add sea salt to the rice cakes as well. Sodium is the mineral you need the most on the bike... Also some dried fruit like dates to the boiling rice is a good idea for potassium...

Fair play Ollie, we from the Netherlands don't call Heineken beer either. (We also don't call it soda though) ;-)

What drives me crazy are inconsiderate hack cyclists that throw their gel packets on the trails... freaking carb burners...

Buddy buddy buddy, mix all you ingredients in the pan first! Then line the tray with parchment paper. Then pour out the rice etc. onto the parchment paper in the tray. Smooth over and fridge. Then lift the rice slab out from the tray via the parchment paper onto a chopping board, allowing you to segment the rice without destroying your knife or tray. Done 🚵🙋👑

Was expecting Opie to ride past and snatch the musette in the end! Anyway, nice video GCN, especially liked the rice cake cooking class.

Funny and usefull, love it! Came from GMBN, and im not leaving! Great content!

What they eat for dinner 🥘 during grand tour season ? Because dinner 🍴 food determines how your tomorrow's performance will be . Plz make a video for this topic. Thank you 🙏 GCN

Ollie once again 'delivering the goods' loved the recipe!! Deffo Gona try this! ❤️

Thanks Ollie. Just tried the rice cake recipe. Delicious with a few raisins added! This will be in the frig for a snack even when I'm not riding.

5:22 am, Me: Man let's go to sleep. KZfaq: What do cyclists eat for lunch? Me: Omoshiroiii!!

11:06 Haha that's amazing. I really like this guy

I have to say I tried your rice cake recipe and let me tell you they're GREAT!! Thanx Ollie and GCN. Bobbo

Love the American Voice "Plaaas-TIC wrap" !! comment! Hilarious :) I always enjoy the UK/ States differences in dialect and idioms. Also "caffeine gels with caffeine in them!" another awesome dry-humor comment. Love the Brit humor!

Go chef Ollie.... great video ...best regards..Rudy

"Plastic Wrap." Nice job on the midwest accent.

Brilliant moment on the phone asking if finished rice cakes need to be prepared in advance. Inspired. Thank you!

"IF THERE WAS NO LID ON THE PAN THE WATER WOULD EVAPORATE", thanks for that Ollie!

Lloydey drinks Heineken 0%?! Surely not! 😂😂😂

Very helpful and it would be nice to have a written or downloadable for your (Ollie's rice cakes)

I enjoy seeing the evolution of feeding technology from watching all of these videos over the years, although i prefer the onsite ones looking directly into the pros bags directly.

The quality of your channel is great, doing it right.

Now do the oreo-rice cake from Emma's interview of the women cyclists.XD

Waitrose ingredients? Isn't Dr Ollie from Yorkshire? I guess this is only acceptable if you're filming in Hank's house...

About Energy Gells, I use Doodle Bags. I just refill them with Energy gel so I dont have to fiddle with those small bite-off plastikbags and have plastic spread around in nature. Taking energy gell from the Doodle Bag is also a lot cleaner, without dripping sticky gell all over. Ive cut the Doodle bag screwlids down in size, so they are not bulky.

Great little video. Awesome farmers tan buddy :)

Some years ago, my wife had asked me where do the guys on the tour STOP for Lunch; they must get hungry ? ... I said, Really....ITS a RACE they don't stop at the nearest Parisian cafe? Told my buddies at lunch one day and we all fell out of our seat laughing so hard... Now I can tell her... Thanks for the video...

"plastic wrap" that made me laugh

I just came back after years to watch 11:20 - the best comedy ever 🤣

I have taken a liking for sesame snaps. Seems to be quite balanced snack, protein, carbs and fat (healthy fat)

Timer set for 15 seconds

How long can this rice cake last before it spoils?

Started to watch the TDF live just now and they went through the feed station including Peter Sagan drinking a Coke, which the commentators picked up on saying he'd raided the mini fridge haha!

That's rice pudding, except with cream cheese instead of egg and milk. When you whip the egg white, you get a softer pudding. I think it is usual to add raisins. It makes a great breakfast.

lol i've always wanted to make rice cakes but was too lazy to google it

Rice cakes in the philippines 🇵🇭 costs about 10 cents or 0.1 USD

Can't wait to try these rice cakes! Thanks for the recipe and folding classes!

I've got a good feeling about this video since the add that popped up on this video was Snickers😂.

Agave Nectar from Waitrose?! Doncaster isn't going to be happy about this.

HI GOD BLESS !!! You can add protein poder to the rice cakes 🤤

i laughed way too hard when he said "plastic wrap"

Are there differences for women’s races, as their regulations limit race lengths more then men’s? (Would love if you talked more about women’s racing)

Enervit seems to have solution for everything.

Ollie GREAT JOB!!!

The American accent seems so much more suitable. Always love it.

Hmm Ollie can collab with Blakie now 😂 the chef of GCN and GMBN

Man, Ollie and his U.S. based accents. 😅

One mans beer is another mans energy supply of fizzy drink

So when is Ollie going to appear on Saturday Kitchen? 🤔 skills

Need a new segment GCN Cooking ! It can take the place of askGcn

“Plaaaaaaastic wraaaaaaaaap” 😂

How long can we keep those rice cakes in the fridge ? Thank you this helpful video

will use the rice cake recipe... also... your oven goes back on time... cool..futuristic :D

The American accent for "plastic wrap" was 100 percent spot on.