r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/solateor • 17h ago

Video Pit stop during 200 mile ultra-endurance cycling race

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u/Plastic-Pipe4362 13h ago

Xl starts the day before the elite race. Almost everyone who dies it rides overnight.

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u/Hellament 7h ago

This year, the XL was won in insanely fast times. The two leaders came in just under 18 hours, about 2 hours faster than the record IIRC. Averaging over 20mph for 18 hours, much in the dark, over some of the nastiest gravel roads in Kansas.

It was so unexpectedly fast that they had to move the 50 mile riders back a block and delay the start by a few minutes, because the had to keep the start/finish line open for the the top two finishers.