Latest News 02/08/2023

TCR09 Trans Continental Race

This race has become the biggest event in the European Ultra Cycling calendar and attracts the best endurance cyclists from around the world. This year the race went from Gerrardsbergen in Belgium to Thessaloniki in Greece. Riders can choose their own route but must get their Brevett card stamped at 4 Check Points along the way and also ride a predetermined Parcours at each of those checkpoints as well as at the finish. The Competitors are completely unsupported. NLEC Athlete Tim de Witte took to the start line with the goal of finishing higher than last years 26th position and a stretch goal of getting into the top 10, well he smashed both those goals cycling 3,781km and climbing 39,232m (128,714ft) in 9 days, 10 hours & 12min to finish on the podium in 3rd place!!!! Tim also finished 1st in the new Green Sustainability race which is for those competitors who didn't fly to the start or home from the finish! The icing on the cake for Tim! As you can imagine this is a brutal race with competitors grabbing the odd 2 or 3 hours of sleep when they could and sometimes on the side of the road also trying to find food at odd times in some of the more remote locations along the route was a challenge! 

Huge congratulations to Tim who has trained super hard for this event, what an amazing achievement!

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