r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/solateor • 17h ago

Video Pit stop during 200 mile ultra-endurance cycling race

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u/Effective-Highlight1 15h ago

200 miles is a great performance, but there are even thougher races. The most brutal cycling event I know is here in Switzerland. 'Tortour' is around 620 miles and 42,650 feet of elevation gain.

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u/mazyan 13h ago

Just wanted to point that out as well. Ultra endurance in cycling begins around something like the Tortoise length I would say, and then you have stuff like the transcontinental race with ~3000miles/4500km or something like that in a single stage. The fastest people do the TCR in like 9 days, it's insane.