While the Tour de France is the biggest hyped cycling event on the calendar- and one of the ultimate sporting events ever created- the Race Across America must surely be the toughest cyling race. Taking its participants 3,052 miles from San diego to Atlantic City, the race has no timebreaks- any time you spend sleeping or resting is added to your overall race time. As such, the racers will spend very little time sleeping, racing on their bikes throughout the night.
This has got to be one of the most daunting endurance events anyone could undertake. And it certainly deserves much more attention than it gets. The RAAM website is pretty well done and contains all the updates you could hope to find. Go check it out.
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Did you see there has been a fatality in this year's RAAM? Bob Breedlove got killed in a head on collision with a pickup truck. It seems like he fainted or lost control, slipped over to the wrong side of the road and it wasn't the driver's fault at all. It doesn't make it any less sad though. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. You can have a look at the details on the RAAM website.
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