Originally Posted by
bikenh
One secret for getting the calories is to forget the quality of the food and just focus on the quantity(calorie wise). .
Doesn't work for me. I don't usually crave junk food or high sugar foods while touring. I might have an occasional coke or piece of chocolate cake, but mostly I crave grains, lean meat, eggs, fruit, potatoes, pretzels, bagels, etc. If I ate lots of ice cream and cake and stuff I don't think I'd ride very well. I'd probably get sick to my stomach.
I read somewhere that this is how much food a TDF rider eats each day during the tour.