A 4900 kilometer long suffering – Diepresse.com

If the thermometer shows 46 ° C and you still swing in the saddle to the midday heat of the desert, temperatures describe just as almost pleasant training conditions, then you are definitely ready for the largest, but at least the most mythical challenge in ultra cycling: the Race Across America (RAAM). 4900 kilometers with around 50,000 meters of altitude can be mastered this year between the start on Tuesday in Oceans California to the finish line in Atlantic City to New Jerseys east coast. It goes through eleven US states, over three mountain chains, past iconic landscapes such as Great Plains, Mojave desert or Monument Valley, through four time zones and climatic extremes.

Since the premiere in 1982, the Raam has been the longing goal of everyone who likes to pedal much longer than the average. In the Sonora desert, Lukas Kaufmann and Philipp Kaider agree on the ultra classic, they will be on the road for around nine days-and are expected to deliver a red and white red duel for the best time.