Remco Evenepoel officially moves from Soudal-QuickStep to Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe on January 1, 2026. Unofficially, the work is already well underway to turn the Belgian superstar into a rider capable of challenging Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard at the Tour de France, with the support staff analysing every facet of the 25-year-old’s performance in search of small but significant gains. That includes nutrition.
Here, we catch up with Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe's head of performance nutrition, Stephen Smith, to serve up the science-backed fuelling strategies that he claims will not only shape Evenepoel’s season, but could also help recreational riders cook up a new PB in 2026…
