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UAE Team Emirates-XRG use new lactate gel mix for a second stage at 2026 Tour de France

The soigneur waits for the UAE Team Emirates-XRG in the feeding area during the 113th Tour de France 2026 - Stage 14 (Photo by Dario Belingheri/Getty Images).

With lactate proving an attention-grabbing new theme in the sports nutrition sphere, UAE Team Emirates have confirmed they are using a new exogenous lactate product at the Tour de France, and explained how they are doing so.

Lactate has become a nutritional talking point in recent weeks with a number of products supposedly able to channel what was once seen as a waste product of the body into a new fuel source.

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