Ride Across

Category: TCRNo10

  • Day 2: Navigating Germany

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    Start: 03:57 on Tuesday, 23 July 2024, Bietigheim, GermanyElapsed time: 17:48:09Moving time: 13:55:14Distance: 349.30 kmElevation gain: 3353 m Germany! It’s the country serious cyclists hates. When chatting with other riders along the way, nearly everyone mentioned Germany as a bit of a pain point. The endless network of roads and bike paths, coupled with the…

  • Day 1, Race Day: Belgium and France

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    Start: 20:01 on Sunday, 21 July 2024, Roubaix, FranceElapsed time: 25:45:31Moving time: 21:42:55Distance: 588.50 kmElevation: 6185 m Today is the day – the start from the velodrome at 20:00. I checked out of the hotel at 11:30, took the metro with my bike and suitcase for two stations, and then walked the rest of the…

  • Travel day

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    Friday 19th, travel day. Takes the train to Roubaix, via Zürich -> Basel -> Strassbourg -> CDG -> Lille. It will be a long day, but doable. Weather is great and I feel quite well prepared. The plan is to get to Roubaix. Get a good nights sleep. Do a recon of the first 50…

  • Prep TCR – FollowMyChallenge

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    During the TCR in July/August progress can be followed via followmychallenge.com. Each rider has a gps tracker that records his/hers position. The main screen looks like this: There is a map, each dot is a rider. Left-clicking on a rider, one sees additional details explained below. The main menu above, looks like this: Live, self…

  • TCRNo10 – Preparations – Update 1

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    The preparations are going OK. Decided to revisit a number of things, maybe too much. Foirst, I am getting help from a coach with extensive experience in coaching athletes for ultra distance raicing, to structure my training. It helps a lot. Focus is to improve VO2 Max i.e. to raise the top and “pull” the…