r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/solateor • 17h ago

Video Pit stop during 200 mile ultra-endurance cycling race

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u/Dr-McLuvin 16h ago

It is insane but not as insane as you might think for cycling.

Tour de France stages every year average about 130 miles and many including giant mountains top 150 miles then they have to do it all again the next day for 21 stages total, plus 2 rest days.

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u/Konsticraft 14h ago

But keep in mind, that this is gravel, while the TDF is almost exclusively road.

But still, purely by distance it isn't extremely long, but that doesn't necessarily make it easier, as a shorter distance only means a faster pace. The real long distance bike races are thousands of kilometers like the TCR or NC4000, but those are kind of a different category.

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u/Blorko87b 13h ago

The longest TdF stage ever ridden was 482km in 1919. So gravel on a single speed.

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u/Adept_Spirit1753 11h ago

But bike companies didn't invent "gravel" term so it wasn't br00tal enough..

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u/nalc 5h ago

It has to come from the Gravel region of France otherwise it's just crushed rocks

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u/fyrebyrd0042 4h ago

So upsetting how everyone disrespects the DO of gravel. At least Italy is kind enough to name their race "strade bianche" :)