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Hard Man van der Poel

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    iwillhtfu
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    Ah sure it was all down hill anyway :D


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    godtabh
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    I would have gotten lost.

    Looks like it was fairly downhill. I cycled from Amsterdam to some where in Belgium a couple of years ago. 200km with 200m of climbing. Flattest ride I've ever done.


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    cajonlardo
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    iwillhtfu wrote: »
    Ah sure it was all down hill anyway :D

    Maybe, but there was still the small matter of the winds that caused the cancellation of the event. Not for the faint hearted ( meaning not for me :) )


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    magicbastarder
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    208km in 6 hours, if there were strong winds, suggests it wasn't a headwind for him to get home.


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    Alek
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    With a proper tailwind anyone can do it ;) I'm pretty sure he may have done it with a headwind, good resistance training after all ;)


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    cajonlardo
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    O.K.

    I am suitably impressed by both van der Poel and Alek. Anyone else?


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    Alek
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    Mind I had a massive tailwind all the way - it was super fun to fly at 35kph for hours, but not a lifetime achievement or anything like that ;)


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    wanderer 22
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    cajonlardo wrote: »
    O.K.

    I am suitably impressed by both van der Poel and Alek. Anyone else?

    Ok, so not as fast as Alek.,..but I just nudged over the 30 km/h mark :P

    https://www.strava.com/activities/196905129


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    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,218 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    colm18 wrote: »
    Ok, so not as fast as Alek.,..but I just nudged over the 30 km/h mark :P

    https://www.strava.com/activities/196905129

    Try it the other way around!

    https://www.strava.com/activities/136998250

    https://www.strava.com/activities/41094376

    (but maybe stop in Athlone!)

    Or touch Galway and stop for a SuperMacs!

    https://www.strava.com/activities/66829543


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    07Lapierre
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    Interesting route! 200k...mostly downhill and yet the starting point is -40 meters below sea level?


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    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users Posts: 24,995 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    So a world champion professional cyclist cycles 207k mainly flattish/downhill and it's considered to be some sort of achievement? Slow news day at road.cc

    Now if it was 607k, it would merit a mention! :P


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