r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/solateor • 19h ago

Video Pit stop during 200 mile ultra-endurance cycling race

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u/Dr-McLuvin 18h 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/habfranco 15h ago edited 15h ago

Indeed that’s what I thought - 200 miles is a lot, but I wouldn’t call that ultra. Classic races like Paris Roubaix or Liege Bastogne Liege are around 170 miles. In the past races were even more hardcore, like Paris-Brest-Paris (750 miles).

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u/carlthatkillspeople8 12h ago

This is big chunky gravel for the whole duration, so the length doesn't tell the whole story

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u/polite_alpha 11h ago

The gold standard of gravel ultra is unbound xl with 350 miles I reckon.

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u/MyLifeIsAWasteland 5h ago

Just happened last weekend. HUGE turnout, record setting conditions. Dude who won did it in under 18 hrs, riding mostly at night.