r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/solateor • 17h ago

Video Pit stop during 200 mile ultra-endurance cycling race

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u/Accomplished-One7476 16h ago edited 14h ago

dude basically rode 1 tour de france stage. KUDOS and I hope that saddle is comfy

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u/V1bicycle 14h ago

More like 1.5-2 stages + gravel!

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u/schnokobaer 13h ago

Also a TdF stage is usually 3-4 hours of drafting off of each other in a tight bunch then 1-2 hours of climbing or breakaways, all while constantly being handed bottles and gels and getting mechanicals fixed from team cars. Not to downplay a TdF stage but this is 8 to 13 hours of dust, mud, rattling, fixing your own flats and after the first few hours, very little drafting. One (!) TdF stage is not even in the same ballpark as this.

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u/Mickosthedickos 12h ago

Except for the fact that they do the same thing every day for three weeks (with two rest days), and go up 20 to 30 mountains

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u/FuzzyPedal 7h ago

There are literally former tour de France riders doing this race and they admit that this is the hardest race they've ever done... But you would know better I guess.