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https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2017.00806/full
I can't find the study but the latest I read was that they impair or do nothing for performance but assisted in recovery somehow. More work needs to be done.
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Apparently some teams have spent up to $100k on them for the tour so they must think they do something as its a lot for a bad tasting placebo
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Yes there seems to be conflicting reports, but with Quickstep and Jumbo certainly using it, as well as several other WT teams then clearly there is some advantage to be had to it. Recovery and weight loss certainly, but not rocket fuel.
greentricky
Jimmy_Fingers
Well it is a natural product your body produces them when in ketosis, but then EPO has a similar mimic effect. It's a moot point: they are legal and inexpensive so available to the entire peloton. It is up in the air how effective they are.