CAPE TOWN CYCLE TOUR 2025

We have created the all in one box to give you the best balance of nutrition from the Maurten ecosystem. Each riders time goals will be different, so this plan should be considered as a guide. You may find you are feeling very good and are sufficiently fueled during the later stages, and you don’t need to take your last gels.

All of our race boxes offer the best value we can achieve, by charging the individual items in each box at the price it would be if you bought a box of that item, per unit in that box. We have taken the hassle out of deciding. So all you need to do is stick to the plan. We are really grateful to those customers who have come back after following one of our fuel plans, and said they were so happy with the way the race box worked that they automatically buy every new race box for races, because they are so happy with how they felt, and how well they did on the day. Every successful achievement achieved, needed plans to be successful. Endurance activities need plans. What to do when this happens, and when that happens. When to drink eat etc.. And the number one rule about plans are that you must trust your plan. When we here all the compliments, and see athletes returning event after event, we can only assume that these people trust our plan without any doubt. One less plan that they will need to manage over the course of a few hours. And because we will have your race box at the expo, there isn’t any shipping charged for collecting at the CTCT expo. Couldn’t be anymore simple. Whats your plan?

We are sticking to the tried and tested, basics for endurance sport. What you eat in the week leading up to the race is more important than what you eat the day before. Load up with electrolytes daily for 3 – 5 days before the race. Get good rest in the week, while doing gentle tapering. Front and for should be topping up glycogen in the days leading up to the race. You risk depleting muscle glycogen by doing hard training, without enough time for the body to store new glycogen. Fuel from the moment you wake up so you are in a good position when you start. Consume throughout the race, and drink to thirst. Ride within yourself, while pacing your ride to achieve your goal time.

In total this box contains 525g of carbs, of which 100g is set aside as pre-load, equating to 425g of carbs for the 109km, or put in carbs per 10km, equal to 39,5g of carbs per hour. The caffeine content amounts to 400mg.

Fuel Plan Instructions

1. In the week of the CTCT increase your electrolyte intake through a supplement or by adding extra sodium to your meals. Preferably mineral rich table salt.
2. The day before CTCT have a substantial lunch with plenty of carbs such as pasta, rice, potatoes.
3. Have a small snack for dinner with a half Solid 160 and a 500ml bottle of Drink Mix 320. This ensure that when you wake up your glycogen hasn’t been depleted during sleep.
4. Prepare your two race bottles before you go to sleep.
5. Fill your 500ml Maurten bottles with room temp water to the level mark.
6. Add the two powders per bottle and take note which bottle has the Drink Mix 320 CAF 100.Shake well. You can freeze your bottles overnight if you like.
7. The morning of CTCT wake up and have a very light breakfast such as a banana or toast. On your way to the start eat the other half of your Solid 160.
8. While waiting for your batch to start have one Gel 160.
9. When the race starts, settle into a rhythm and start sipping on the Drink Mix 320 CAF 100 bottle. This will set you up for the first 40km.
10. At 30km you should have finished the Drink Mix 320 CAF 100 bottle and you now take a Gel 100.
11. Every 10km from now on, take a Maurten Gel alternating with Gel 100 CAF 100 and Gel 100/160.
12. Continue to sip the Drink Mix 160 while remembering to save some for the last km’s.
13. As you approach the last 10km, you will now be fully loaded with the full compliment of the carbs prescribed for the CTCT and you can sprint home.
14. You can eat your Solid 160 as a post race meal to put in the carbs your body needs to aid recovery.
15. Hydrate with water for the rest of the day.
16. All the best and good luck.