Pro chef’s kitchen: Trek-Segafredo – Kim Rokkjaer (video)

Kim Rokkjaer reveals the secrets of what it is like to be a chef on a pro cycling team

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The importance of nutrition within cycling is greater than ever, with the majority of professional outfits now hiring their own team chef for training camps and the biggest races of the season.

Ensuring that their riders are fully fuelled and recovered sufficiently, is one of Kim’s main jobs. Cooking delicious and nutritious food to a demanding selection of riders sometimes isn’t as easy as it seems – just ask Jens Voigt about an incident with some snails…

>>>What do pro riders eat and drink during stage races?

Some of the other riders that Rokkjaer has served up multiple cases of cycling cuisine for include Andy and Frank Schleck, Fabian Cancellara and this season Alberto Contador and John Degenkolb.

As well as being one of the biggest characters of Trek-Segafredo’s back room staff. He is now one of the most experienced chefs on the pro cycling circuit, with his role even leading to him driving the second team car at Paris-Roubaix.