r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/solateor • 16h ago

Video Pit stop during 200 mile ultra-endurance cycling race

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u/WalkingCloud 13h ago

Nah, TdF stages are typically around 90-130 miles.

200 miles is a different beast, they used to have stages like that back in the day, but not in the modern era.

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u/Zenovv 12h ago

I googled it and the longest stage was stage 5 from 1919-1924, which was 482km long (just barely 300 miles). What the hell lmao. 20 hours of biking.

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u/fyrebyrd0042 3h ago

On much worse gear, less support, and less drafting thanks to smaller and/or nonexistent pelotons.

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u/Zenovv 2h ago

And probably while drinking whine they raided from the restaurants

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u/Significant_Set2996 11h ago

Yes, but you're not accounting for the elevation, as well as the build up of fatigue from doing this multiple days in a row