A big one to watch

[steveindenmark]

At 6pm this evening Kristof Allegaert set off to ride from Lands End to JOG and back. He is unsupported and plans to ride it in five and a half days.

Kristoff has won the Transcontinental Race 3 times and was closing in on Sydney when Mike Hall was tragically killed in the first Indiepac race.

Possibly the best ulta distance rider in the world. He has great amount of experience. But this is a huge undertaking.

 

[MikeG]

Unsupported? So is he going to pop into a cafe every now and then when he gets a bit hungry? Fill up his water bottles at a tap in a petrol station? How on earth is that going to work?

 

[steveindenmark]

Yes thats what he will do.

On TCR he eats what he is picking as he goes round the store. He presents tbe empty wrappers at the checkout.

It saves him from wasting time.

 

[steveindenmark]

Apparently not.

 

[steveindenmark]

Unconfirmed but he has ridden the first 350km in 12 hours.

He's just gone through Slimbridge (10 miles south of Gloucester) at 08h20 - about 220 miles in - just over quarter of the way to JOG!

He has fixed 5 punctures up to now

 

[MichaelW2]

Does "unsupported" forbid unsolicited gifts from roadside fans?

 

[steveindenmark]

you cannot give him anything at the roadside. He must use commercial premises for everything.

 

[Dayvo]

you cannot give him anything at the roadside. He must use commercial premises for everything.

And toilet stops!?

 

[T4tomo]

Unconfirmed but he has ridden the first 350km in 12 hours.

He's just gone through Slimbridge (10 miles south of Gloucester) at 08h20 - about 220 miles in - just over quarter of the way to JOG!

He has fixed 5 punctures up to now

He is either very unlucky or has made a poor tyre choice. A puncture every 44miles? Unless he is fixing puncture for passers by in the hope of good karma later?

 

[steveindenmark]

He is either very unlucky or has made a poor tyre choice. A puncture every 44miles? Unless he is fixing puncture for passers by in the hope of good karma later?

I didnt see what tyres he had on last week. But if the punctures carry on like that, he will change them.

I think he was in Knutsford 3 hours ago.

 

[steveindenmark]

And toilet stops!?

No he will do it like the bears.

 

[steveindenmark]

Kristof has arrived in Scotland. Still on track for the record.

 

[toffee]

He is unsupported and plans to ride it in five and a half days

Bloody hell he's going to be back before we set off on Saturday.

 

[srw]

you cannot give him anything at the roadside. He must use commercial premises for everything.

Whose rules?

Guinness and the UMCA both allow support, as do the UK long-distance records people.

Sounds like an attempt to wear a hairshirt for the sake of it.

 

[steveindenmark]

Kristof had his first sleep stop at 755km.