ABOUT
Race around the Netherlands is a fully self-supported bike packing race.
The RatN is a do-it-yourself challenge.
You are your own ride organizer.
Understand that this is a personal challenge against the clock. Not against others!
It is 1900k in distance with 6800m of elevation.
The RatN has two categories – solo and pair.
Start and finish location:
De Proloog Cafe
Allemanswaard 27
3958 KA Amerongen
https://deproloog.cc/
Start time and date:
Sign up and bike check: April 29th from 1200 to 1700 local time.
Pasta: April 29th at 1800 local time.
Start: April 30th at 0800 local time.
Official Finish: May 8th at 1800 local time.
RULES
1. Riders must complete the full course from start to finish under their own power.
2. Riders must be fully self-supported.
3. No Drafting at any time.
(pair riders may draft each other)
4. Riders must follow the Dutch laws at any time.
5. Riders are required to use a provided GPS device.
6. No prize money.
ROUTE
The start and finish is in the village of Amerongen, located at the Utrechtse Heuvelrug at the famous cycling cafe De Proloog. The route takes us first along the rivers Neder-Rijn and the Waal to the historic cities of Nijmegen and Arnhem (known from the film “A Bridge Too Far” about the Operation Market Garden). Next you leave the beautiful river landscape and the historic cities behind and the route takes you through the National Park Veluwezoom. The National Park is known for its endless heath fields, imposing country estates and of course one of the most famous hills in the Netherlands, the Posbank.
You will pass through the heart of Enschede and along the Dolmens in the province of Drenthe, prehistoric burial chambers where the cycle route passes by. After which the route leads you through the city of Groningen.
The wind starts to get stronger along the coastline. Instead of crossing the Ijsselmeer overone of the icons of the Dutch flood defense, the Afsluitdijk, riders will ride around the Ijsselmeer and will pass scenic harbors in the towns of Enkhuizen and Hoorn.
den Header the route takes you south along the Dutch coast. Beautiful beaches and dunes with little to no buildings, towards the port of Rotterdam, the largest port in Europe. First you will cycle through the city of Rotterdam and across the Erasmus bridge towards the Maasvlakte.
The route takes you further south over the Delta Park Neeltje Jans, which is part of the Dutch flood defense, in the direction of Vlissingen. A historic city due to its strategic location. In the Eighty Years’ War between the Netherlands and Spain, the city was in Spanish hands for a while.
You cycle along the Belgian border towards the hills in the province of Limburg. Where you hit one of the iconic Dutch hills, the Keutenberg with a maximum gradient of 16%.
If you have conquered the hills you cycle back through the beautiful river landscape of the Maas towards Nijmegen. Via the southern side of the rivers over the dikes you will finish at the cafe De Proloog.
REGISTRATION 2022
2022 event is sold out. RatN will be back on April, 27th 2024.
When and How much is the Registration?
Registration opens September 01st, 2021 and closes March 15th, 2022
Fee for Early Registration (until December 31st) is 195Euro.
Fee for Late Registration (from January 1st 2022) is 225 Euro.
For the pair category both riders have to register and pay. Please tell us your riding partner!
Optional: Fee for the pasta meal in the evening of the sign up day is 15,- extra
Optional: Fee for a one night stay in the hostel the night prior to the event is 30,- extra
First come – first served!
What you get for the fee:
The Route in form of a gpx file
Tracking device for the duration of the event
Official race cap
Welcome at the finishline in de Proloog cafe:
Shower, the option to sleep if you finish at night time!
Pictures we make during the event (can`t guarantee we have yours but we will try)
Publishing individual times on our website.
Refund policy:
85,-Euro refund until December, 30th 2021
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Link naar de tracker website.
Start op zaterdag 30 april om 08u00.
Mijn startnummer is 38.
https://ratn2022.legendstracking.com/
It’s that time of the year again... the Race Around the Netherlands just commenced! Despite the bad weather, Johan and many other riders have taken the self-supported challenge to cycle 1.900 km around the Netherlands!⠀
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We are proud to see our modular frame bag being used in an official bikepacking event! We would like to wish Johan and all the other riders a lot of fun and success for the upcoming week!⠀
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More information about the race? Visit https://buff.ly/3vxnq2Z⠀
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#ratn2021 #racearoundthenetherlands #custommeritgear
This saturday I will start my first ever ultra endurance cycling event called the race around the Netherlands. A 1900+ km route. It is time to leave the comfort zone. 🔥Let’s gooo 🚴🏼💨 #racearoundthenetherlands #ratn2022 #supersixevo #ultraendurancecycling #bikepacking #apidura #wahooligan #adventurebikeracing
Zaterdag is de Race around the Netherlands gestart. De klasbakken die hieraan deelnemen zijn momenteel onderweg voor 1900 km door het mooie Nederlandse landschap. En dat met deze weersomstandigheden. 🌧️💨🚴 Respect!
Wij wensen alle deelnemers nog heel veel succes en Koerspret toe! De race is te volgen via de website van adventurebikeracing.
Ps. Wat was eigenlijk jouw langste fietsrit ooit?
#koerspret #wielerbier #fietsplezier #cyclingbeer #bier #beer #strava #stravacycling #fromwhereiride #cycling #ratn2021 #ratn #racearoundthenetherlands #racearoundthenetherlands2021
#ratn2022 leaders basvlaskamp & lean_caffeine started really fast; 360+ km in first 12 hours and around 650-685 after 24 hours. 🚀🚀
Leading female rider sherry.cycling covered 520 km in 24 hours; on her way for a 4 day finish 👏👏
Impressive riding!
#endurance #racing adventurebikeracing
WoW wat een tocht! De #racearoundthenetherlands gisteren gefinisht! Ontiegelijk zwaar met alle stormwinden en ontelbare buien. Ondanks de tegenslag met drie lekke banden achter elkaar toch door kunnen zetten. Bedankt voor al jullie steun via berichtjes of langs de kant! 1911km in 136 uur en 10 minuten 📸: adventurebikeracing #ratn2021
RATN - DNF
Mijn RATN eindigde in een bushokje bij Sint Jacobiparochie. Eén mailtje en het was officieel klaar. Zondagochtend begon mijn achillespees te zeuren, zondagmiddag deed de andere vrolijk mee. Maandag werd het in de loop van de dag erger, maar ik hoopte dat het daar bij zou blijven. Dat viel tegen, vanmorgen kon ik niet meer lopen. Op zich is het principe van RATN fietsen, dus ik hoopte dat ik het wel los kon fietsen. Helaas, het werd alleen maar erger. En ik moest nog een week.
Het is vast beter zo. Het waren in ieder geval 3 mooie dagen, met mooie (en minder mooie) stukjes Nederland, en heel veel leuke mensen onderweg. Ik heb veel geleerd, waarvan het belangrijkste is dat ik dat verre fietsen gewoon heel leuk vind. Nu dat nog even duidelijk maken aan mijn achillespezen.
Tijd om te gaan dotwatchen! Ongelofelijk dat de eerste al bijna terug is!
#ratn2022
#racearoundthenetherlands
This looks like the start of a nice day of bike-messaging. Well, the day started nice, but unfortunately it soon started raining and hailing. Just like all the other days of this week: not the weather you expect in May.
But how can I complain knowing that those who are participating in the Race Around The Netherlands are continuously battling this stormy and rainy wheather. Those are the real heroes out there.
For those who already finished: a big chapeau! And for everyone still out there: bon courage.
I’m enjoying it from the side line this year watching the dots.
#outsideisfree
#ultracycling
#fromwhereiride
#roadslikethese
#caferenner
#wielrennen
#utrecht
#fietskoerier
#defietskoerierutrecht
#messlife
#radrennen
#nevernotcycling
#cyclingphotos
#ratn2021
#racearoundthenetherlands
The first ultra cycling race has many challenges 🌬 One of them was to figure out my setup.
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Check out my setup and gear list for the Race Around the Netherlands #ratn2022 on my new video on YouTube in the link on my bio 🔝
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📸 photo by adventurebikeracing
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Today marks the start of the Race around the Netherlands 2021!
Leandra (cap #: 73*) started at 06:30 today and Tjerk (cap #: 112) will start tomorrow at 07:30. We wish you both the best of luck!
Follow their journey on happiestcycling and tjerk.bakker.
Watch their continuous progress live via GPS from dotwatcher.cc by going to link in bio.
*Follow her via 7311 (pair)
Some new photos have emerged from #racearoundthenetherlands #ratn2022
Here's another of me from the finish line at proloog.cc
Dag 2 was weer gruwelijk vet! Steady door heel Overijssel en Drenthe gecruised, met als idee de grens van Groningen aantikken. Dit is net niet gelukt omdat er in het volgende dorp geen slaapplekje vrij was. Maar tegen een familysize stacaravan met keuken zeg ik ook geen nee. Heerlijk geen vette/zoete meuk langs de weg maar ff zelf een lekker currytje in elkaar draaien. De andere -horizontaal georiënteerde- foto's volgen. #nofilter #ratn2022
It's D - 27 for the start of the #RATN2022. I fell like I'm ready (yeah ok last year I had the same feeling and nothing went according to plan but shhh). Everybody is welcome at the start line in Amerongen on the 30th April. Feel free to come. I'll give you the tracking link and my cap number once we'll receive them. I'll probably be more active on Twitter than Insta but I'll try to post something every day. If you want to read about my #RATN2021, see link in my bio 🙂
#ultracyclisme #PaysBas #TheNetherlands #bike #bikelife #GenesisBike #genesisbikes #genesisbikesuk
Ready for the Race around the Netherlands! Tomorrow at 08:00 I’m starting this 1900+ km self supported race around my home country. Follow me as #141 with this live tracker https://ratn2022.legendstracking.com
I have cycled halfway across the world solo for the better part of a year which resulted in so many different experiences that I feel confident in being able to deal with problems and mental hardship. Physically however this race is on a entirely different level, riding for at least 10-12 hours a day. I have trained well though and actually kind of like the fact that this distance is so ridiculously long that you can’t properly train for it. Rather than being ‘hungry for horizons’ outside, this race is more about seeing where my own limits are. #horizonhonger #ratn2022
Alé ze, Sven is weer vertrokken voor een ritje van 1900 km (nee ik vergis me niet met de nullekes ☺️)
Gestart deze ochtend om 7u45. Worden weer zenuwslopende uren/dagen.
Voor de liefhebbers, we kunnen terug live volgen, magic number 24 deze keer: http://ratn2021.legendstracking.com.
Het gaat natuurlijk om "enjoying the ride", maar we gaan toch voor 'the win' 😛.
Zijn persoonlijk verslag is via zijn insta te volgen, hij kan daar nog wat volgers en steun gebruiken 😉
https://www.instagram.com/svencappuyns/
#RATN2021 #racearoundthenetherlands
ps: mentale steun voor mij is ook welkom ze
RATN dag 3 Sellingen - Moddergat
De dag begon met een mooie ochtendwandeling bij Bourtange. Iets te veel mul zand voor mijn onhandigheid met de fiets. Daarna Drenthe (mooi!), en Groningen. En na Eemshaven kon het tellen beginnen: schapen en veeroosters.
Net voor Lauwersoog kon ik ook eindelijk een echte RATN foto maken: het welbekende smalle paadje.
Nu ik Moddergat en dan morgen naar Amsterdam.
Bedankt voor alle reacties, berichtjes en appjes. Ik reageer niet altijd (dat fietsen kost meer tijd dan verwacht), maar het is superleuk om te lezen. En motivatie kan geen kwaad, want hoe leuk het ook is, het is ook gewoon zwaar.
#ratn2022 #racearoundthenetherlands
#ratn2021 day 3: Another windy day. The start was very hard with 5hrs of headwinds. 100km of riding on the dike of Flevoland with nothing to hide. 18kph costed me 250Watts. Fysically and mentally a hard one and the body started to hurt a lot.
But from Amsterdam I finally had a couple hours of tailwinds. The pace went up and both body as mind where satisfied again.
In the evening I road 50km south again. The wind was a little bit less in the evening and the forecast of tomorrow is just horrific. 6 or maybe 7Bft SW winds. That means (again) headwinds along the whole Northsee coast of the Netherlands. Not sure how that will end up. But first a bit of sleep and tomorrow is another day.
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#ratn2021 #ratn #racearoundthenetherlands #adventurebikeracing #ultrarace #ultracycling #longdistancecycling #bbbcycling #partofyourride
As a tradition let me share my setup before Race Around NL. Btw saddle bag will be nearly half as I have all my clothes there and I will wear one of the two sets tomorrow.) As another cyclist said ready or not, we will start anyway 😂 technically I made a lot of changes (new bike, gps device, aerobar and me😜) compared to last year. Mentally I am quite ready but physically I am not sure 😅 let see together how it will go. My reference will be my 2021 results, I will compete with myself no one else. Live tracker will be in the bio and my cap number is 70. #RATN2022 #ultraendurancecycling #racearoundthenetherlands
One week to go for the big race around NL. Am I excited? Yes 👍 Am I ready? Not sure. 🤙 compared to previous year, I have better setup & technical equipments but I could not train as planned. For sure I will do my best as mentally I am quite prepared. Setup I’ll share later as cockpit change and aero bar installation will complete next week. // Hollanda etrafında süreceğim büyük yarışa 1 haftadan az kaldı. Geçen seneye göre ekipman olarak daha hazırım ancak istediğim düzeyde antrenman yapamadım. Tabi ki elimden gelenin en iyisini yapacağım. Takipte kalın, yeni bisiklet ve yarış ekipmanlarını daha sonra paylaşacağım. 😉🤙 #RATN2022 #ultraendurancecycling #racearoundthenetherlands
(Türkçe aşağıda👇) EN: Dear followers/friends, as announced before, 1st of May 2021 I will start an event which is a race/ride around the Netherlands (RATN) and it will be a long journey around the country where I am living now. The aim is to ride more than 1.900 km in 8,5. While training for this event I was thinking about why not combine my passion for cycling with a volunteer activity such as fundraising for refugees which will also be a good motivation for me. During my ride I will be thinking about refugees around the world. You can follow me via live tracker on official web site (https://www.dotwatcher.cc/race/race-around-the-netherlands-2021) during the event. And don't hesitate to say hi when I pass by your neighborhood with my bike during RATN.
To support me, you can share this post in your story to make this initiative more visible. And it will be great if you can donate to this initiative that I will transfer all money raised to UNHCR Nederland after completion of campaign. Link for this is in my bio and here (https://gofund.me/1a2b63c4).
TR: Gençler daha önce duyurduğum üzere, 1 Mayıs 2021’de görseldeki rotayı “Hollanda Etrafındaki yarış/sürüş” kapsamında süreceğim. Yaşadığım ülkenin tüm sınırını dolaşacağım uzun bir tur olacak. Hedefim 8,5 günde 1.900 km sürüp bu etkinliği tamamlamak. Bu etkinlik için antreman yaparken bende bir tutkuya dönüşen bisiklet sürmeyi faydalı bir amaç ile neden birleştirmeyeyim diye düşündüm ve UNHCR (Birleşmiş Milletler Mülteciler Yüksek Komiserliği) Hollanda temsilciliği ile iletişime geçip onlar için fon toplamak istediğimi belirttim. Hem de bu kampanya benim için motivasyon olur diye düşündüm. Bu sürüş sırasında aklımda dünya üzerindeki mülteciler olacak. Etkinlik sırasında beni canlı olarak https://www.dotwatcher.cc/race/race-around-the-netherlands-2021 websitesinden takip edebilirsiniz.
Beni desteklemek için bu gönderiyi sayfanızda paylaşabilir, daha fazla duyurulmasına yardımcı olabilirsiniz. Ayrıca bütçeniz ölçüsünde kampanyaya bağışta bulunabilirsiniz. Toplanacak tüm para, kampanya bitiminde UNHCR Hollanda hesabına aktarılacak. Bağış linki profilimde ve burada (https://gofund.me/1a2b63c4).
(TR👇) EN: 2 days ago I started cycling at 6:45 AM and the goal was to ride 400 km till end of the day. Motivation was good but after km 200 I started feeling pain in my left knee. I used pain killer and increased cadence but pain did not disappear. After check point in Amsterdam I booked a room at the closet hotel on the route and decided to have a long break. I could hardly arrive hotel. Next day I tried using ibuprofen, magnesium spray, stretching & massage. Till Km 50 there was no issue but after this pain reappeared even riding with 10 km/h speed it was tough. So I decided to scratch not to fully ruin my knee. Overall around 1.000 km ride and half of the #RATN completed. It was an unique experience for me. I met with really nice riders. I had many lessons learned and will come back stronger for sure 😉💪 // TR: Yarış için 2 gün önce saat 6:45’te sürüşe başladım ve hedefim o gün 400 km sürmekti. Motivasyonum gayet yerindeydi ancak 200. kilometreden sonra sol dizimde ağrı hissetmeye başladım. Ağrı kesici almama ve pedal çevirme hızımı yükseltmeme rağmen ağrı kaybolmadı. Amsterdam’daki kontrol noktasını geçtikten sonra rota üzerindeki en yakın hotelden rezervasyon yaptım ancak kendimi zorla otele atabildim. Uzun bir dinlenmenin üstüne ibuprofen, magnezyum sprey kullandım, esneme hareketleri ve dizime masaj yaptım ve öyle yola çıktım. İlk 50 km bir problem yaşamadım ancak sonrasında ağrı yine ortaya çıktı ve hızım 10 km/s olmasına rağmen zorlanmaya başladım. Dizimi daha fazla yıpratmamak adına yarıştan çekilmeye karar verdim. Toplamda yaklaşık 1.000 km sürüp rotanın yarısını tamamladım. Benim için eşsiz bir deneyim oldu. Bir çok güzel insan ile tanıştım. Kendime bazı dersler çıkardım. Bir sonraki yarışa kesinlikle daha güçlü bir şekilde katılacağım 😉🙏 #ratn2022 #racearoundthenetherlands #ultraendurancecycling (photo by berga_johan
Great rumble in Brabant & Belgium , stopping by four trappist monasteries, with partner in crime (RATN 2021)! martijndriedonks #latrappetrappist #zunderttrappist #westmalletrappist #acheltrappist #firsttrainingsession #ratn2021 #happyday #vanherwerdenwaytobike #litespeedbikes #coers #cycleoutside #ultracycling #thecyclingculture
Just keep going. #ratn2021
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#ratn #raphaamsterdam #kopwerk #racearoundthenetherlands #bikepacking #bikeadventure #zeeland #titaniumbike #wymtm #bikelife #bikeporn #bikelifestyle #thisiswyweride #putthehamerdown #menwithbeards #soigneur #exploring #longdistancecycling #cyclingphotos #theseviews #roadtonowhere #outsideisfree #titaniumbike #gravelbike
The land of Windmills. A few I came across during first few days of the the race. #ratn #ratn2022
The 4th edition of the Race Around the Netherlands (RAtN) started this morning in Amerongen (a few kilometers away from Utrecht). Due to the pandemic situation there isn’t a group start. 26 solo riders and 5 pairs started this morning and tomorrow morning will depart 34 solo riders and one pair (theoretically the faster riders).
Riders are leaving Amerongen at different times (similar to a road cycling time trial stage). The last 10 adventure cyclists to depart tomorrow are (CET time):
- 07.15 Mark Paliwoda (#82)
- 07.30 Edwin Nederlof (#40)
- 07.30 Pim Heijnen (#99)
- 08.00 Auke Jongbloed (#7)
- 08.00 Martijn Verhaeg (#25)
- 08.00 Niek Smeets (#93)
- 08.15 Rob Kenens (#21)
- 08.15 Kemal Arslan (#70)
- 08.30 Bas Vlaskamp (#10)
- 08.30 Marius Bettentrup (#17)
Last year, Daan Marsmans was the fastest (3D 9H 34M), Bernd Paul was 2nd and Jair Hoogland was 3rd. None of these riders are on the starting line this year. Bas Vlaskamp is the only RAtN 2020 top 10 cyclist racing again. He was the fastest in 2019. Will he do it again?
In total, 60 riders in the starting line (solo category). 6,7% are woman (4 riders) and 15% are from foreign countries (9 riders). Certainly a low proportion due to the pandemic context and mobility/traveling restrictions.
The RAtN set route has 1.900K. Probably the first riders will finish the race in 3 days and a few hours. The race is organized by Adventure Bike Racing (also Three Peaks Bike Race organisers).
You can follow the race on the adventurebikeracing & dotwatcher.cc websites and following the next finisterra.eu stories.
background photo by Arjan de Jong on Unsplash
#ultracycling #endurancecycling #bikepacking #roadcycling #ratn2021 #racearoundthenetherlands #ultracyclingnews
Here are the first pictures of me ! Touriste or not touriste ? 😂
#RATN2022 #GenesisBike #GravelBike #Gravel #bike #TheNetherlands #ultracycling #bikepacking
Memories of my #RATN2021 🥰 Can't wait to do it with my own bike 👌 Finished 1900km in 10 days 13 hours 23 minutes.
#TheNetherlands #Ultracycling #Bike #SlowTravel #Veluwe #Frysland #Sheeps #Windmolen #Bananas #NorthCape #Rotterdam #Amsterdam
So many things happened today that it felt like I lived several lifes ! Right after the start we had our first roadworks. Then the second, then the third,... in total, we had 5 ares that gave us détours ! From Amsterdam to Medemblik, wind was ok. But after it felt like an eternity to go to Den Helder 😑 I had a low moment there but I was flying from the Waterland to Medemblik ! The dunes was still funny but it was getting late so we took the detour. And, of course, we had a fucking opened Sluis 2km from the end !
#RATN2022 #GenesisBike #GravelBike #Gravel #bike #bikelife #slowtravel #ultracycling #bikepacking
Day 1 of the #ratn2021 .Riders already passed the Veluwe Park. Weather could be better but the smiles are still showing.
#racearoundthenetherlands
Day 5. Another 300+km day and everything is getting a little bit sore. Early start and it is cold, really cold. Passing through Rotterdam (didn’t really liked that) and over ‘Neeltje Jans’. Zeeland is more like it and it is getting warmer as we going more inland. Let’s safe a little strength for tomorrow.
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#specialized #diverge #specializeddiverge #brm #randonneur #audax #audaxbelgium #rapha #belgiumrandonneurs #ratn22 #ratn2022
Mijn mountainbike staat eigenlijk altijd wel standby voor een (hele) lange duurrit maar 1900 kilometer op de racefiets is andere koek. Nu dus maar vast begonnen met testen en finetunen van hoe mijn fiets er tijdens de Race Around The Netherlands uit moet gaan zien. Preparation is key!
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Moeilijk momentje.
Mijn Bmbenen vragen zich af wat ik aan get doen ben, en mijn achterwerk weet heel zeker dat dit niet leuk is.
Dus even een koffie.
En dan ga ik door , hopelijk tot voorbij Hoogherheide.
#newbikeday!
Not sure about the fit but I just like the colors! 🤪
All jokes aside, time fore some serious things! Registered for the #ratn2021
Race around The Netherlands!
A self supporting race of 1900km, and 8 days to finish it! This one was on the to do list for a long time! Crazy ideas getting real! Not riding alone, paired up with the one and only happiestcycling
Yes already nervous and scared but mostly excited and looking forward to it!
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Race around The Netherlands 2021 is on!
From 6.00AM this morning 70 riders start there individual 1917 kilometer journey at de Proloog in Amerongen!
Due to the covid19 restrictions there are some changes in this years Event.
Sign up and bike checks were done online prior to the start.
Due to the restrictions we could not offer the hostel or a group start this year. Therefor riders were given the choice to start on April 30th or May 1st. Riders start in a pre-chosen order. Faster riders start on May 1st. The Tracking site will show the individual starting time.
Really thankful about the engagement from #dotwatcher again this year. Read the reports here:
https://www.dotwatcher.cc/race/race-around-the-netherlands-2021
Direct link to the tracking site:
http://ratn2021.legendstracking.com/
Our website also has a follow section:
https://www.adventurebikeracing.com/ratn/
Follow riders in the Strava group to see some riding statistics:
https://www.strava.com/clubs/RatN
Our Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/adventurebikeracing/
Official Facebook Group for fans, friends and family:
https://web.facebook.com/groups/283625912161763/
Official Hashtag #RATN2021 and/or #racearoundthenetherlands
Enjoy!
Race Around The Netherlands 2022 is on! From tomorrow 8am 140 riders start their individual journey of almost 2000km from De Proloog in Amerongen!
A big thank you to #dotwatcher again this year for reporting on the race. Follow the adventures of our riders here:
https://www.dotwatcher.cc/race/ratn-2022
Follow your favorite dot on the tracking site:
http://ratn2022.legendstracking.com/
Our website also has a follow section:
https://www.adventurebikeracing.com/ratn/
Follow riders in the Strava group to see some riding statistics:
https://www.strava.com/clubs/RatN
Our Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/adventurebikeracing/
Official Facebook Group for fans, friends and family:
https://web.facebook.com/groups/283625912161763/
Official Hashtag #RATN2022 and/or #racearoundthenetherlands
Enjoy!
Morgen gaat 'ie weer van start: de Race Around The Netherlands (🙌🏻adventurebikeracing)!
Neem je deel en zoek je nog een slaapplaats onderweg de komende dagen, dan liggen de volgende bikepack-vriendelijke hostels op de route (reserveer rechtstreeks met promocode “BikepackingHolland“)!
Succes aan alle deelnemers dit jaar! 💪🏻
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If you are participating in the Race Around The Netherlands 2021, then first of all: good luck! 💪🏻 And if you're still looking places to stay, check out these bikepacking-friendly hostels on the route (and don't forget to book directly with promocode BikepackingHolland).
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(Türkçe yorumda) EN: DAY 2: After chatting with room owner, I started cycling at 8:51. If you do weekend cycling this is okay but during a race, you should start earlier. I am saying this because previous day I completed ride 60 km more than number 21. But when I started riding in Nijverdal, I saw him in front of me. And I learnt him he got up at 4 am. So riding till late hour is okay only if you start early next day otherwise it will be meaningless. (Lessons Learned 5: If you want to be at higher ranks in the race, you need to get up early and start ride early.)
This day I noticed that I made a very aggressive ride plan such as 300 per day and event attempt 400 km in one day. But immediately I noticed that it will not be possible due to my legs and weather condition next days. So I cancelled hotel reservations for following days and decided to do booking each day around 5 pm depending on my performance and wind direction. (Lessons Learned 6: Do hotel reservation daily basis after start, don’t worry you can find hotel.)
For these kind of events/races you should seriously do training. My plan was also to spare 2 weekends for training 1st one around Amsterdam 300 + 300 km each day and 2nd one around Limburg area 250 km + 250 km with some elevation, unfortunately it was not possible after family visit and getting infected by Covid 19. (Lessons Learned 7: At least spare 2 weekends for training.)
Btw in this race, you don’t struggle only with rain and wind but also closed roads, mosquitos and finding water and food (my best friends were petrol stations and markets like Albert Heijn) before everywhere gets closed. Despite all these difficulties it is nice to have a rest under a tree and get rest in unique town like Bourtange or coming across another cyclist in the middle of dark while charging your GPS device.
Start: 8:51 AM, from Nijverdal to Pieterburen, 259,36 KM, Moving time: 12:04:15 and Elapsed Time: 15:21:55
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Here we go, the RATN 2022 starts tomorrow!
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You can follow my progress via the link in my bio, cap 49 should be me 😉
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So, has you have seen on yesterday's post, I finished #RATN2022 in one long stretch. I made a full debriefing on Tweeter and I'm lazy to do it here in English. Sorry.
#ultracycling #bikepacking #TheNetherlands
Race Around the Netherlands 2021 Top 5 Riders. Bas Vlaskamp was the fastest rider for the second time in adventurebikeracing Race Around The Netherlands (the first time was in 2019; last year he finished in 4th).
Due to the pandemic situation there wasn’t a group start. Approximately half of the riders departed on Friday April 30th and the other half on Saturday May 1st. Regarding the top 5 riders, Hesen departed on Friday (05:15 AM) and the others on Saturday: Schreurs (05:30AM), Frans (06:15AM), Cappuyns (06:45 AM) and Vlaskamp was the last of all cyclists (10:00 AM).
This two graphs are trying to show how would be the race if there was a group start: the first graph shows riders performance along the route and the second graph compares distances between cyclists along the timing point controls. We add Martijn Verhaeg because he was riding fast as Vlaskamp and Cappuyns in the begining (he scratched after Timing Control 4).
Hesen lead the “route position” during all the race and Vlaskamp “chased” him. In the second part of the route, Cappuyns chased Vlaskamp at a shorter distance than the real one. Probably this worked as an extra motivational factor for the three riders. Another highlight data fact is to realize how interesting was the battle for the podium/3rd place between Frans and Hesen.
A lot of cyclists are still riding. Follow the race on the adventurebikeracing & dotwatcher.cc websites.
background photo by Harold Wijnholds on Unsplash
#ultracycling #endurancecycling #bikepacking #roadcycling #ratn2021 #racearoundthenetherlands #cyclingdata
Ready to rumble! Saturday 0800 the Race Around The Netherlands #ratn2022 starts. Perfect cycling weather is to be expected. You can follow me via the link in Bio (Legendstracking.com) and find cap 82! Enjoy 🙂 #racearoundthenetherlands #ratn22 #ultracycling
Our top 5 of this years RATN! Bas Vlaskamp, Sven Cappuyns, Richard Frans, Paul Hesen, Jason Schreurs #ratn2021 #racearoundthenetherlands
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Bikecheck ✅
97 keer tassen gecheckt ✅
Rond gelopen als kip zonder kop ✅
Kortom morgen gaat het beginnen. Een rondje Nederland fietsen. In de hoop mijn OV chipkaart niet te hoeven gebruiken…
Volgen? Dan moet je “dotwatchen” (link in bio). Maar wees gewaarschuwd: zo begon ik 3 jaar geleden ook….
#ratn2022 #racearoundthenetherlands
Voor alle deelnemers van de #ratn2021 heel veel succes. Dat de weersvoorspelling van maandag en dinsdag maar mee mag vallen. martinlukasse velo_athletic adventurebikeracing
Losrijden, uitwaaien, paar blokjes en nog wat deelnemers aan de RATN aanmoedigen op de Oosterscheldekering.
#osk #oosterscheldekering #zeeland #ratn #ratn21 #ratn2021 #racearoundthenetherlands #mtb #mtblife #mountainbike #mountainbiking
We would like to take a moment to congratulate gravelrider.71 Patrick Bruns on finishing the race around The Netherlands! 🇳🇱 What a beautiful achievement! 🚀
📐1900km in well under a week!
🗻📈 6800m
🚲 Scram Pinion
Mijn mountainbike staat eigenlijk altijd wel standby voor een (hele) lange duurrit maar 1900 kilometer op de racefiets is andere koek. Nu dus maar vast begonnen met testen en finetunen van hoe mijn fiets er tijdens de Race Around The Netherlands uit moet gaan zien. Preparation is key!
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Day 1 ends in Enschede. Not overdoing it, just want to finish in time. Nice Ride, 1 rainy hour, but still wet shoes & socks. A big dip around 220k but survived and as always (more or less) it got better again.
Some short but pleasant conversations with other riders.
Tomorrow further up north against the wind.
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DAY 1: Details are in the comment. Lessons Learned 1: Stay at an hotel in Amerongen if organisation will be the same next year. LL 2: Pick up an early time slot to start not to feel that you are slowest in the group. LL 3: Keep breaks short which in total may cost you an additional day. LL 4: Divide GPX files into small parts or bring spare GPS device. Start: 9:26 AM, from Amerongen to Nijverdal, 320.93 KM, Moving time: 13:23:57 and Elapsed Time: 15:33:15 1. GÜN: Detaylar yorumlarda. Seneye Not 1: Gelecek sene benzer durumda Amerongen’de önceki gece kal. SN 2: Geç kalmış hissini yenmek için mümkün olan en erken başlangıç zamanını seç. SN 3: Molal sayını azalt ve kısa tut. SN 4: Büyük GPX dosyalarını 200 km şeklinde parçalara böl veya yanına yedek GPS cihazı al.
Başlangıç: 9:26, Amerongen’den Nijverdal’a 320,93 km, Yolda geçen zaman: 13:23:57, toplam geçen zaman: 15:33:15 #cycling #trip #ratn2021 #fromwhereiride #road #dikes #racearoundthenetherlands #lifebehindbars #solo #veluwe #amerongen #ultraendurance #bike #fiets #holland #nationalpark #wind #village #cold #rain #shadow #colourful #gravel #cyclingreel #seasons #adventurebikeracing #cloud #sun #rain #tbt
The Race Around the Netherlands (adventurebikeracing) is a long and fast ultra-distance race, in fact, the flattest on the calendar.
Being such a lengthy race with what seem to be similar roads it’s always exciting to receive a first hand account of the race. This is what Sherry (sherry.cycling) has done! Her account weaves together first-hand POV footage with footage she gathered on a recce prior to the race. Sherry provided entertaining updates throughout the race, with her McDonald’s snack breaks and plenty of riding shots.
Have a watch of her infectiously positive film via the link in bio!
#ratn2022 #racearoundthenetherlands #ultracycling #ultradistance #ultracyclingrace #ultradistancerace #ultracyclingfilm #bikepackingrace #bikepackingfilm
#ratn2021 day 6: FINISH!!!
It didn't came easy but I finished #racearoundthenetherlands with a final day of 300km. I completed the 1920km race in 5 days and 12 hours which brought me into the top 10 of this years edition of the race. Really happy with my 9th place!!
Before the start I aimed for a sub 5 day race. But with these extreme circumstances that was out of reach. I guess the headwinds took me a day extra in total so 5.5 day is still pretty good.
The final day started with many tough climbs in south Limburg. The whole body hurted (a lot) and I was struggling big time on the climbs. I barely made it without having to walk them up. But when the hills were done and the roads became flat and straight agian I finally found my pace. The last 200km I rode as a time trial. Laying down on my aerobars and pushing as hard as I could.
Now its time to rest and recover!! And to play with my two sons of course. 😉
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This is sherry.cycling during the Race of The Netherlands 2022.
#bikepacking #ratn2022 #hero
~ Health matters ~
Plans had to be adjusted due to Covid-19 and health issues.
Going for plan B, joining Race around the Netherlands to make new memories and challenge myself in another way as originally planned .
Ready for some long days in the saddle while enjoying the sceneries around me 💕.
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RATN Day 4 - 320km. Bit of a day of 2 halves. Crappy morning with flies, multiple diversions and routing errors but not as much head wind as feared. Second half mostly lovely through fun twisty cycle paths through the dunes. Though I’m getting a little bored of the brick/cobble roads. Room service tonight to make up for it! #ratn2022
And off we go! Into one of the biggest adventures I’ve ever done one the bike! 1913km in how many days? Who knows, what do you think?
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See our adventures in the story’s and of course our progress while dotwatching us! (Link in bio)
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Getting everything ready for the #RATN22
Those weird looking white stickers are mandatory. Will maybe mount fenders (forecast is not really dry weather)
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#ratn2021 day 2: Headwinds, headwinds, headwinds. One of my toughest days on the bike ever. Crawling with speeds sometimes as low as 18kph trough Groningen and Friesland. With the circumstances in mind I am very happy with my 343km distance of today.
Tomorrow does not look very promising either. The wind seems to change into the direction I need to go. But now first a night sleep and we will see about tomorrow.
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On 30th March 2021, clowtilde lent me Jules. An old Peugeot performance 500. Back then, my gravel was delayed for the second time and doing the #RATN2021 with my VTC from Décathlon seemed a really bad idea. During our 10 months together, we rode 3435km 😎 our most epic adventure was, of course, the #RATN2021 💪 With Jules, I discover what a road bike is and how to ride with another handlebar. Today was the time for him to go back home. See you on the road my friend 😘 in appreciation for his service, I asked ena.bags.custom to create a custom handlebar bag which fit its color 👌
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Riders in Zandvoort fighting the Dutch mountains! #ratn2021 #racearoundthenetherlands
Wat een supersportieve actie van Matthijs Plender uit Elburg! Hij volbracht Race around the Netherlands en fietste € 4.080,- bijeen voor Open Doors. Matthijs: “De Race around the Netherlands is een 'unsupported bike race' van 1907 kilometer rondom Nederland. Onderweg moet je zelf je slaapplek en eten regelen.
Matthijs: "In 2016 was het in mijn rug geschoten. Na een driejarig traject van behandelingen ben ik uiteindelijk eind mei 2019 geopereerd. Overigens niet zonder de nodige risico's, want ik had ook verlamd kunnen raken. Gelukkig ben ik daarvoor behoed! Als een soort van bewijs dat ik er lichamelijk weer was, wilde ik graag meedoen met Race around the Netherlands. Het was zeker een flinke uitdaging voor mijn lichaam. Ik ben dan ook dankbaar dat ik dit mooie bedrag op heb kunnen halen voor Open Doors."
Wij zijn jou heel dankbaar Matthijs! Wat een prachtig bedrag voor onze vervolgde broers en zussen! 💜
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RATN reflection…
1,980km in under 6 days at a rough riding average of 26kph
Placed 33rd out of 121
The plan before the race was to have a shorter, easier first day and then wind it up gradually during the week to see if I could handle a bigger load each day. In my mind, this was race training for TCR later in the summer where I need to be hitting 300km on easier days to get round.
In the end, the smooth tarmac and favourable weather and wind, meant that I got in most evenings around 8pm after 6am starts. I got a decent rest each night in comfortable hotels. I even had the luxury of a couple of hours off the bike each day as my pace was so good.
Thanks to everyone for your words of support and encouragement, especially Linda. The 2 main questions I get are how do I do it and how am I feeling?
With regards the first, I don’t really know how or even why. I suppose I like the solitude of it, no real noise externally or internally - a small little contained world which is simple and pure. I also like the challenge - to see what I’m capable of mentally and physically, to see if I can push through dark periods, through occasional pain. But most of all, I just love seeing the world from a bike - the sounds, the smells, the pace. I never listen to music on the bike, as I like to soak it all in.
Although I prefer riding alone, I did meet some special people on the trip - Heero, Brenan, Richard, Paul and Johan to mention just a few. It’s lovely to chat for a few moments before moving on.
And how am I feeling? A list of things that hurt during the race - feet, knees, bum, hands and neck. I’m not sure you can do this sort of thing without enduring some pain. And there is a worry in the sport that people take too many painkillers. I know everything will heal, but my knees aren’t in great shape - they constantly woke me up in the night in pain. Hopefully I haven’t done any lasting damage. I was probably pushing too hard a gear for my current fitness level. In my head, I feel good today, but I know there is a low to follow as the endorphins wear off and people start coming back into my little world.
But anyway, thank you to Michael for a great race! #ratn2022
Day 2. 14 hours in the bike. Difficult to find an open store. It took me 160km to find one.
Dry but rather cold weather with headwinds that picked up towards the evening.
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#ratn2021 day 5: persistance is key in riding a ultra race. With every pedal stroke you will be closer to the finish. Today a good distance. After beaten up by the storm yesterday today was better. The first 80k still headwind though but after that, well deserves tailwinds.
The body starts to feel it now in all fibers. Some providing less discomfort than others but it doesn't help. Tomorrow a bit less than 300k to go to the Finish. That must be possible. So lets finish this!
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Very close to the start now.
Caps ✔️ tracker ✔️
Bike check ✔️
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~ ✅ Bucketlist event RatN~
Geregistreerd voor Race around the Netherlands als duo met Erik. Een zelfvoorzienende fietstocht van ruim 1900km rond Nederland in maximaal. 9 dagen. Een hele uitdaging, maar wat is het heerlijk om weer met een doel op pad te kunnen, grenzen te verleggen, herinneringen te maken en te genieten van Nederland op de fiets. Zin in!
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Trotser dan trots! In 6 dagen 1950 kilometer fietsen en dan ook nog op de 25e plaats eindigen! Dan verdien je écht de aller-mooiste medaille! 🥇 🚲 #ratn2022 #trots #bike #racefiets #cycling #racearoundthenetherlands #bikepacking #giant
DAY 6: As I mentioned before, I put myself into the loop of start late and end late. So today was again another day that I started late. But it is also because that last 3 days I had strong head/side wind which mentally and physically made me tired. On the other hand I was happy that I completed nearly 1.100 km of 1900 km. I decided to take easy today, recover during cycling, arrive hotel latest around 10 pm and have a good rest, then next day start early for a long ride.
When I started pedalling, I noticed that number 8 was 20 km behind me. So she closed 80 km gap by starting her day earlier. And surprisingly all the day this 20 km gap remained although my average speed was higher than her. It was due to my long breaks, one of them was with a colleague. And another reason was that Sluizen Bridge was open after a long time but when I was passing over it, it was again temporarily closed for 30 minutes. I was also looking for opportunities if I can catch the group in front of me especially number 22 Cox who was also doing fund raising for refugees but it was not possible as I started late and all day again I had side wind which made me tired. (for more check comments) Start: 12:15 PM, from Heiloo to Spijkenisse, 162.07 KM, Moving time: 7:41:52 and Elapsed Time: 10:57:42 6. GÜN: Daha önce de dediğim gibi kendimi geç başla geç bitir döngüsüne sokmuştum. Bugün de sürüşe geç başladığım başka bir gün olmuştu. Fakat bu bir yandan da son 3 gündür maruz kaldığım ağır yan/kafa rüzgarının beni fiziksel ve psikolojik olarak yormasından kaynaklanıyordu. Diğer taraftan mutluydum çünkü 1.900 kilometrenin yaklaşık 1.100 kilometresini sürmüştüm. Bugün düşük tempoda sürmeye, sürerken dinlenmeye, ayrıca en geç 10 gibi otele varmaya ve güzelce dinlenip ertesi gün erken başlayıp daha uzun bir sürüş yapmaya karar verdim. (Devamı yorumda) Başlangıç: 12:15, Heiloo’dan Spijkenisse’ye 162,07 km, Yolda geçen zaman: 7:41:52, toplam geçen zaman: 10:57:42
Op dit moment is de Race Around The Netherlands (adventurebikeracing )bezig. Een 1900km uitdaging die ik in 2019 niet heb af kunnen maken, maar pap in 2020 wel. Dit jaar doet pap weer mee met #Cap125. Gisteren had hij problemen met zijn tracker, maar was hij tot bij Haarlem gekomen. Vanochtend ben ik op de fiets gestapt naar Noordwijk. Bij Noordwijk nog doorgefietst tot het gravelpad naar Zandvoort. Toen begon ik te twijfelen of ik wel op de route zat en ben ik terug gefietst. Omdat de tracker nog niet werkte begon ik te twijfelen of ik hem gemist had. Gelukkig kwam pap aanfietsen toen ik met mam aan het bellen was. We hebben even samen naar de tracker gekeken en door een knopje in te drukken weer werkend gekregen. Daarna met pap naar Scheveningen gefietst waar hij 2x koffie met appeltaart at en ik het hield bij 2 thee en 1 appeltaart. Tja ik zit vanmiddag gewoon weer achter mijn laptop dus kan niet teveel snoepen. Pap gaat erg goed. Hij ligt een paar uur voor op de vorige keer terwijl de route nu langer is. Hij wil vandaag minimaal Vlissingen halen. Ik ben echt super trots op hem. En stiekem kriebelt het wel om nog een poging te doen want het is voor mij wel unfinished business 😆
Cap 97 Pierre Ramaekers making his way through Limburg, aiming to finish at 7 tonight #cycling #dotwatcher #ratn2021
Countdown: nog (maar) 4 weken! 🙀
Over exact 4 weken, op zaterdagmorgen 30 april om 8 uur ☕️ vertrekken we voor de RATN (Race Around The Netherlands).
Het vertrek is in Amerongen, van daar fietsen we tegen de klok in rond de grenzen van Nederland 🇳🇱. Jullie gaan ons ten allen tijde kunnen volgen, want we krijgen een tracker mee.
Op ongeveer 1500 kilometer komen we langs Borkel en Schaft (tegen Lommel dus). Daarna hebben we nog een dikke 400km te gaan.
We mogen geen hulp aanvaarden, dus slapen 😴 bij familie of eten 🥞 aannemen van vrienden mogen we niet doen. Als we materiaalpech hebben moeten we dit zelf oplossen of een plaatselijke fietsenmaker zoeken.
De absolute deadline is 8 mei 18u, maar wij willen graag op zaterdag 7 mei al binnen zijn. Dat betekent dat we dagelijks een 250km willen fietsen, oftewel een 10/12 uren per dag aan het fietsen zijn (jaha, 30 per uur zullen we niet halen met een volbepakte fiets, en dat moet ook niet 😉)
Meer info volgt 😊, nu nog even trainen 🚴♀️🚴♀️.
We fietsen voor Kom op tegen Kanker, meer informatie om te doneren of te sponsoren vind je op onze website https://zottewyven.be, die staat ook in bio.
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(Türkçe yorumda) DAY 7: Today my motivation was good although I knew that I will have head wind again at the beginning for 20 kilometers. And also 70 km side wind later but I was focusing 100 km tail wind part later on. So my goal was to reach Westkapelle as soon as possible. I started cycling around 9 am, with the help of positive mood I cycled around 300 km that day. And since the beginning of the event first time I had the chance to enjoy tail wind, surprisingly wind was helping me. With this I closed the gap between me and number 22 and decreased it from 100 km to 10 kilometers and also opened the gap with number 8 which was more than 100 km at the end of day.
Let me explain how my body reacts to long distance rides, at the beginning of the day I am a bit grumpy and my legs resist to increase the speed. After a while they accept their destiny and says well okay let’s help this guy till the end of the race. So it is also another aspect of your inner fight.
Today I came across Martijn who is my colleague, he was cycling from home to office. He told me “hey you cycled 1.300 km but you are still smiling, this is good 😊”. We had a short chat and then said goodbye to each other. Then another surprise was from graveljohnny . He took my video while driving his car next to me which I was not aware of it and stopped at a corner to have a chat with me. It was nice to meet with him. And also when I stopped in front of a Jumbo market to buy something and have a dinner, a random guy came with his bike and asked me some questions about the race and wished me success. Both of them told me that they will follow me till the end.
As completion of 300 km took more time than I expected and hotel put the card in a password protected case again (yes it is the same hotel chain that I stayed two days ago) but this time they put wrong room number on the envelope. So I was trying to enter another room in the middle of the night. But then I called phone number mentioned in the envelope so hotel owner directed me to the correct room. So again another adventure with the hotel. But this was not the last one, let’s see what happened tomorrow.
Start: 9:07 AM, distance 297.52 KM
Race Around The Netherlands. Place 14 1960km Total time: 4days 16hrs.
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150 kilometer wind tegen maar dit maakt toch altijd een hoop goed 🙂
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Finished Race Around The Netherlands 🇳🇱 #ratn2022 my first ultra cycling event and finishing as first woman after 1950 km in 5 days, 13 hours. It was an incredible journey with many extreme highs and extreme lows, unexpected challenges and a great learning curve.
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Met so many great people, fellow riders and dotwatchers that kept me going when I was battling with sleep deprivation, small niggles and big pains. Thanks to everybody cheering me on and the Adventure Bike Racing team to make this event possible.
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Race Around The Netherlands by adventurebikeracing Day 4: 1450km done, left 500km
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