{"id":676652,"date":"2026-07-06T12:27:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T12:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/676652\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T12:27:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T12:27:07","slug":"from-alcohol-sprays-to-forearm-bathing-all-the-cooling-strategies-the-pros-use-to-beat-the-heat-at-the-tour-de-france-cyclingnews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/676652\/","title":{"rendered":"From alcohol sprays to forearm bathing: All the cooling strategies the pros use to beat the heat at the Tour de France &#8211; Cyclingnews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_wFBVV95cUxPdWZ2ZzJmOVhNSHZVMlJJMWdSa3IzbW5nTUR1aDdwSVJndURTaTBWak1VQlRlRUlSUXVJdXZPcUFzYm1kdEFXU2RoRUR2bXNCQzVpSVE3cUUwS0l2QjhkVmZac0xVMVc3OWNYcUpfWkx2eGpuenNqOEV5VV9tc2dscGV5VWNIMktmRENwdUdvalVpMmFOVXdDVFJBUVMzUUZtWUlZVS1VdFY5ZW85YjdGSUFFZjAxckpYV2NmR0Nhd3pmM0k4VnA4OTB0Z3NNUUd6LWpLUHhEeXBxLXZHUF9ZQ2gxUXhHTVJHdTAzVlk4Vk9qTHAxQmZJazdZRml2MDg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">From alcohol sprays to forearm bathing: All the cooling strategies the pros use to beat the heat at the Tour de France<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Cyclingnews<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirAFBVV95cUxQTUtLVl8tTGg2XzlfTDU2SmQ2UWJldXV1WXlON0N0bjJ6c3oyeUZrdFNUZDdVZm8wc3hMVTVucGxITVVGOEZEM29WWnhHendpV2t1UHN2RjA5MVdoMDlSZzJYaW1oZXh3U2hiZnZycTItMEVLR1pzbkdzak1BTS1BcV9IcTlYWHF4aVoxWnpDT01wMXo0UWFhcExxaTdGTWhvN0xPV3BFdEdFOElI?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Updated: Wildfires and code red heat threaten Tour \u2013 stage 3 goes fan free for last 44 km<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Escape Collective<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiyAFBVV95cUxOY05LZTEzb05sNjlHd2ppNFVsVXQ4d0ZjWkdJN2RaWTQ3U3MwRVNjMEJFaTFlRmhxMEJaZHM1ME5XbGlaOGRlZGUwTmprczEzRXhsQWx1VE0wOEVOTFp0TjlyOVVGbnFiOXFSWjlQS2NTVm51SlVCRmZMVUw5N0pCVkFvTlQ5Z1R1UlAzXzRJc3lOTTlPQlF0cEV2YWFMejRXcTdnbGJyWmdPTGhMejBBUkpfeXlISnBPcWNNSmxvZXZUS3AxNGY1bQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u201cCycling is fundamentally a green sport\u201d: EF boss Jonathan Vaughters calls on teams to \u201ctake responsibility\u201d as Tour de France on red alert due to extreme heat<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Road.cc<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuwFBVV95cUxOSXE1MXFkQkVCa0FiU1BnUUdRWmhJTUdheTRxOXlXMUZDWS1QVEpRYm5hNkpkT3REVDkwc0tTNTJXXzJSaXFtY3FoZ0prdWpxNzRrUDhDMXZ3RXdIRHlpc1VOajM4bGpORS1LVGpUVF9TdHBEYUZHZkU5V0hxY0FEeWh6QzB0c3otMVM2WnZ1MWdMb002ME9RZ0JzcVlYc2QtTVdadllIZ3BxSDRzcjJnYmttREtmemRCZzZF?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tour de France braced for historic stage cancellations amid 44C European heatwave<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiekFVX3lxTE01QWtMSzJ0MzZWSndEb1dfLXZhdzdTMnpxSzFzQWVqdnlncG42MWRwdnZPQTVucUVEZHNZU2M0b2RncldibVQxeFFNNDU4aHhzcWZPTkFZUURwVGF6azZubW9raTJfaGZILWdOMXU5bUMtaXZudFd4d2hB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">29 thoughts on \u201cTour de France Points Competition\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Inner Ring<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From alcohol sprays to forearm bathing: All the cooling strategies the pros use to beat the heat at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":550786,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-676652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=676652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/550786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}