De Gendt & Wellens Tour to Get Home
10-14-18, 06:42 PM
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De Gendt & Wellens Tour to Get Home
The Lotto Soudal duo set off from Como on Sunday morning and are covering the 1,200km journey in six days, carrying all their clothes and belongings as part of an end-of-season adventure.
“It is just to do something other than training or race, something fun with the bike,” De Gendt told Cyclingnews. “It’s riding your bike but without the pressure. You have to be at your hotel before dark and that’s it.”
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/de-g...n-their-bikes/
“It is just to do something other than training or race, something fun with the bike,” De Gendt told Cyclingnews. “It’s riding your bike but without the pressure. You have to be at your hotel before dark and that’s it.”
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/de-g...n-their-bikes/
10-14-18, 10:38 PM
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pretty cool. a nice reprieve from the team/ds and they can go at whatever pace they want. oh...and no race radios.
imagine the surprised locals...
imagine the surprised locals...
10-15-18, 06:27 AM
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"You have to be at your hotel before dark and that’s it.”
They need to HTFU and camp.
They need to HTFU and camp.
10-15-18, 09:15 AM
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You mean sleep on a sheet of Tyvek, with a space blanket. That’s how real bike touring is done.
10-15-18, 09:27 AM
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Naked, of course.
10-15-18, 10:58 AM
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10-16-18, 09:29 AM
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did not expect to get a touch of randy newman in this thread...
10-16-18, 10:09 AM
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Good for them! Its nice to change it up and re-discover why you love cycling. I was perusing the twitter feed for the cycletour here:
https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheFinalBreakaway?src=hash
Nice pics.
https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheFinalBreakaway?src=hash
Nice pics.
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