Category: Sempai
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He’s a … phenomenon!
Nice to see Greg has a sense of humour about it. #TDF2020 We caught Whitey a little tongue tied in yesterday’s finish… 🙊😂 Any chance of a lesson @CCCProTeam @GregVanAvermaet? pic.twitter.com/wQEUSq1w24 — Mitchelton-SCOTT (@MitcheltonSCOTT) August 31, 2020 #TDF2020 Hey Whitey, we good now? 😉😜@MitcheltonSCOTT @GregVanAvermaet https://t.co/gD6wl17Syw pic.twitter.com/AKXMpURUn6 — CCC Team (@CCCProTeam) August 31, 2020
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Best-laid plans of cycling giants
Tom Allen, of Tom’s Bike Trip fame and currently leading a bikepacking tour of the Transcaucasian Trail in Armenia, has suffered a mechanical midway through the tour. And oh, what a mechanical! That’s one derailleur that’s not going a single kilometer further. And proof that it’s not just newbies who get done in by a…
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Assault on women’s Lejog record
Christina Mackenzie is attempting to break the women’s Lands End to John O’Groats record even as we speak (well, even as I write this post). The current women’s record was set in 2001 by Lynne Taylor at 52h 45m. Much depends in this record on the weather, and it looks like it’s been favorable for…
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Catching up with all the sempai
Updates from this crew are few and far between, so it’s a rare day in … September … when I hear from all of them within 24 hours! Jenny Graham, attempting the women’s unsupported around-the-world record, checks in from bear-infested Alberta with more than her share of mechanicals — but a good 60% done towards…
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Closing in on Krasnoyarsk
Jenny Graham is more than halfway across Asia and closing in on 4,000 miles (currently 6,400km), as well as Krasnoyarsk. She’s suffered 8 punctures to date, but is still smiling. Jenny set out on 16 June to attempt to set a women’s record of 110 days around the world, unsupported. She’s crossed five time zones…
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Duracell Bunny vs Lejog record
Jasmijn Muller, the 2017 UK & World 24-hour TT Champion, is the next rider to step up to the challenge of the world record for Land’s End to John o’ Groats. Jasmijn will set out in July on her attempt to break the record of 52 hours 45 minutes, set in 2002 by Lynne Biddulph.…
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Broadwith’s record lejog run on Strava
Mike Broadwith has posted the GPS files for his record-breaking lejog ride on Strava. The results show that in addition to the new Land’s End to John o’ Groats record, Mike also posted a 24-hour record and took several Kings of the Mountain titles along the way. I’m wondering if we can avoid some of…
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Three in a row on Hard Cro
The other thing that slipped under my radar last week was Ian To’s third consecutive win in Hard Cro, the self-supported ultra race around the four corners of Croatia. Ian finished the c. 1,400km* ride in 65 hours 37 minutes (2 days, 17 hours and 37 minutes). The win follows Ian’s first-place finishes of 67…
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2,000km in a week
I’m falling behind on my updates, but honestly so much has happened in cycling in the past week that it’s difficult to keep up. A huge 1st week for @jennygrahamis as she began her #eastboundRTW adventure. Having started from the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin at 6 am on Saturday the 16th of June she has…