Matteo Jorgenson grinds to a halt after his Tour de France time trial and parks up along the barriers in Caen. Exhausted and gasping with thirst, he reaches for a bottle from his soigneur, and sips at its contents. He’s then passed a blue carton, its cap already unscrewed, and, in a gulp, necks all of the liquid inside. When Jonas Vingegaard arrives shortly afterwards, the ritual is repeated again.
You might have spotted the blue cartons on the television. Visma-Lease a Bike aren’t the only ones drinking from them – EF Education-Easypost are too – while other teams' riders swig dark red liquid from plastic bottles beyond the finish line.
