Excellent Research Experiment on Nutrition and Exercise Recovery

These two links provide a excellent read on a study to test the difference in recovery rates for cyclists taking carb+protein, or carb only. The clear cut winner was the carb+protein mix. The mixture was 33% Maltodextrin, 33%Glucose, 33% Whey protein hydrolysates.
Article 1
http://www.precisionnutrition.com/re...bic-recovery-1

Article 2
http://www.precisionnutrition.com/re...bic-recovery-2

Sweet.....Pretty much what I have been using (different ratio though)

This is pretty standard information now. Most cyclists I know use some sort of protein/carb shake (chocolate milk is pretty popular).

5% Plasma
15% 520
25 % rilose
30% Maltodextrin
25% Rice Oligodextrin