Pro Cycling Manager

Will my team mates cosnume their feeds themselves or do I need to select them all and then choose it for them, twice every stage?

I realise now that when the blue bar is at it's maximum potential there is no point in consuming a blue gel which is a bit different to previous games. It's only after extra effort when your light blue bar goes below its potential that it's needed.

Having played more it does appear that your teammates use their gels themselves when they need them.

Indeed, they take it themselves

Having played more, I'm not convinced my team mates are that good at consuming their own gels.

In my most recent stage the 3rd in the Criterium International in Pro Team, there was a HC climb followed by downhill to the finish. I noticed a rider had emptied when the peleton had a particularly aggressive ride up the mountain and dropped back(I was in the breakway), when I switched to him I could see his blue gel is still 100%.

Also, presumably when asking teammates to consume their blue gel from the Team Comm, it has the same effect as when consuming when actually controlling the rider? I hope so anyway

I did not say they consume it in an intelligent way
More precisely, teamates take their gels (if there is some to take) when going through the feeding area. I agree it is useless most of the time but when we've tried to make them 'intelligent', it was a pain to manage because you don't know who has remaining gels and who has not. Letting players manage the gels was clearer.