Source: Good News Network
A super-fit amateur cyclist pedaled his way up the toughest stage of the Tour de France – and he did it all without a seat on his bicycle.
Rob Holden managed to climb roughly 13 miles (21.5 kilometers) up Mont Ventoux – the notorious stage in the world’s most famous cycling race – in an impressive two hours, despite not being able to sit down the entire way.
The 52-year-old Englishman from Teddington, Surrey, is no stranger to the mountain, having cycled the same stage in 2013 on a heavy Boris Bike, but he says that this was his hardest challenge.
“There’s debate in the cycling community as to whether it’s better to sit or to stand when cycling uphill,” said Holden. “I had the conversation with my friends and we couldn’t settle on an answer, so we decided to test it out.”
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Unlike his previous challenges, Holden used a carbon-fiber road bike instead of a heavy hire cycle in order to get up the French mountain.
“It was really strange at first, cycling without a seat,” says Holden. “Thankfully the crossbar was flush where the seat goes, otherwise I might have had a nasty surprise had I sat down accidentally.”
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