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Arrowhead 135 is known as one of the toughest 50 races in the world. [5] [9] As many as 80% fail to finish the race, [10] with a low of 20% finishing in 2007. [11]In a typical year less than 50 percent of the participants finish. [12]
Sam Whittingham won back the record one year later at the Nissan Technical Center with 86.75 km, and went on to set a distance of 90.60 km (56.30 mi) in 2009, at the Ford Michigan Proving Grounds. Since a split in the years 2004-2008 there have been two organizations recognizing world records for streamlined recumbents: the World Human Powered ...
It was the world's first long-distance road race and also won by Moore, who took 10 hours and 25 minutes to cover 134 km. The runners-up were the Count André Castéra, who had come second to Moore at St-Cloud, and Jean Bobillier, riding a farm bike that weighed 35 kg.
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)
Audax is a cycling sport in which participants attempt to cycle long distances within a pre-defined time limit. [1] Audax is a non-competitive sport: success in an event is measured by its completion. Audax has its origins in Italian endurance sports of the late nineteenth century, and the rules were formalised in France in the early twentieth ...
The seven-lap men's race consisted of a three-lap 1.6 km (0.99 mi) opening circuit, followed by seven 23.2 km (14.4 mi) laps of the primary circuit, then a five-lap 4.8 km closing circuit. The total distance was 251 km (156 mi). The women's race was on the same course but started later and was shorter: 4 laps of the primary circuit for 92.7 km ...
Wynberg, Alphen, Constantia Vale, Silverhurst, Witteboomen: Constantia Main Rd M42: North / South then East / West: M41 (Alphen) – M38 – M39 – M40 – M64 – M3 (interchange) – M4 (Kirstenhof) Alpen, Belle Constantia, Airlie, Fir Grove, Forest Glade, Tokai, Westlake Estate, Kirstenhof: Spaanschemat River Rd, Orpen Rd, Steenberg Rd M44
In the 1982 Great American Bike Race, later renamed the Race Across America, he completely changed the parameters, cycling for 9 days and 20 hours with three other cycling pioneers John Howard, John Marino and Michael Shermer. [1] [2] [3] Lon Haldeman became the first person to ride a bicycle across the United States in less than 10 days.