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The Race Across America, or RAAM, is an ultra-distance road cycling race held across the United States that started in 1982 as the Great American Bike Race. RAAM 2015 team start RAAM is one of the longest annual endurance events in the world.
The IncaDivide Race is a yearly, self-supported, ultra-distance cycling race across the territory of the Incas in South America and organized by the french organization BikingMan. The first edition took the participants through Ecuador and Peru in 2017. [1] This is the first self-supported race to take place in South America.
Race Across America, United States 9 day single stage 4,800 km (3,000 mi) TransAm Bicycle Race, United States 17-day single stage, unsupported 7,100 km (4,400 mi) Transcontinental Race, European Union 7-10 day single stage, unsupported 3,200 to 4,200 km (2,000 to 2,600 mi)
In total, ABC would cover the first five [13] installments of the Race Across America. From 1983-1985, ABC aired the Race Across America in two one hour segments on Wide World of Sports . [ 14 ] For their final year of covering the event (1986), ABC aired the Race Across America on Wide World of Sports as a single two-hour program.
Pete Penseyres is an American cyclist who was the winner of Race Across America (RAAM) in 1984 and 1986, [1] setting a world record of 3,107 miles (5,000 km) in 8 days, 9 hours, and 47 minutes. His average speed of 15.40 miles per hour (24.78 km/h) was the record for 27 years, finally being broken by Christoph Strasser in 2013, who averaged 15. ...
Live results and historical context for the special election for John Kerry's seat 6/13 Immigration Whip Count Tracking support for the comprehensive immigration reform bill in the Senate
Race Across America. March 21 Iowa State ends Iowa's nine-year run as team champion at the NCAA Wrestling Championships, while John Smith wins his first NCAA title. March 22 Mountain Man Winter Triathlon from Avon and Beaver Creak, Colo. March 29 The first broadcast on Wide World of Sports of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. April 11
Haldeman won the race from Santa Monica to New York covering 2,976 miles in a time of 9 days, 20 hours and 2 minutes. He was the first cyclist to eclipse the 10-day barrier across America. ABC documented the race with a two-hour prime time program and won an Emmy Award for the best Sports Documentary. The 1982 Great American Bike Race can still ...