audax super randonneur

I have been bicycle touring in Europe and the US the past few years. Ultra distance racing is new for me, enthusiastic about it! I’ll be participating the RATN and the Round Denmark Bike Race. My goal for the RATN is to finish within the given time. You might be looking at your Lantern Rouge though.

Whilst this 1890km journey will be a huge personal challenge, I'd also like to use this opportunity to highlight the awesome work being done by Smiling for Smiddy and the Mater Foundation to rid the world of cancer. I will be dedicating eight 200km segments of the race to stories of strength, adversity and courage that inspire me to keep pushing through the hard times.
To nominate a person or organisation for a tribute segment or you would like to make a tax deductible donation.please follow the like below
http://www.fundraiseformater.org.au/RaceAroundTheNetherlands

Transcontinental 2015 was my first ultra distance race, did OK, was doing well in the Trans Am in 2018 before I was run over by a truck! Looking forward to getting back to the racing with some friends from the UK.

I started cycling when I was 12 years old, as training for speedskating. The first years I cycled with my skating club or my family. A few years later I joined a cycling club for 2 years and tried some road races. Soon I found out that this was not really something for me, as I didn't like the chaos of riding in a peloton. I continued with cycling with friends, especially with my best friend Wendy. Together we rode a lot of cyclo's in the Netherlands. In 2016 we had our biggest cycling adventure so far, cycling up the Mont Ventoux 3 times on 1 day with 'Klimmen tegen MS'.

After following the Transcontinal race in 2016 we both got interested in bikepacking. A lot of dotwachting followed and this year we made our first small bikepacking trips! I made a 4 day trip in the Netherlands and Belgium and together we cycled coast 2 coast in England. I also cycled my first BRM, 200km. Now we're ready for our first race! I'm really looking forward to this new challenge! It will be an awesome adventure!

What the hell have I let myself in for...???

After cycling around Nijmegen and Amsterdam for years and riding some cyclo's every year, I came across the Transcontinental race in 2016.
That looked so awesome, I wanted to take part in it. I rode TCRno5 in 2017 and managed to finish it. Training for it got me into the longer rides, BRM 300, 400, 600 and 1200 km.
For RATN I want to step up my bivvy-skills and look forward to seeing new parts of my home-country.

As everybody can see I am wearing a Rapha Brevet Jersey. With it I should be able to do something bigger than your typical afternoon ride. 😉
To be honest, I actually wanted to ride Paris Brest Paris in 2019. But long distances without aerobars I can not imagine anymore. So I am here and looking forward to the more varied route. I also have more references to the Netherlands than to France, as my grandfather comes from the Netherlands.

Love to ride bicycles, did some traveling on the bike, and will try this time for an adventure on a bike packing race. It is something new and i am very curious

My name is Ed Bos and was born in February 1952 (Amsterdam).  I think I am the senior of the riders, not fast anymore but eagerly to finish in a nice senior timelimit.
I live with my partner in Delft and started biking again somewhere in 2016/2017.
Biking is something out of my past, started racing at my 16th, quit racing later on and switched to bikepacking around Europe.
For lots of reasons I stopped biking the long rides, started karate,swimming, running and did some quarter and half triathlons
Somewhere in my end twenties I stopped this all, but …….. As said started a couple of years ago with my first love: Biking.
Looking forward now for participating the RATN!

Was following some events for a while, but once I did couple of them on my own (HardCro and NorthCape4000 - both in 2018), got hooked for life in this sightseeing trips that you call ultra distance cycling races. So, now I am getting ready for the flats and the winds in the Netherlands

No speed to see here, just a heavily loaded dude who just loves the ultra endurance racing family. Will the red mist take over or shall I just enjoy seeing this country in daylight, we shall see. Will be riding to and from the event from England.

I'm 55 years old, biking is an important part of my life. It makes mkes me happy when on my bike, just touring but i also ride the bike in cycling races. I'n also teamleader of een cyclingteam, we do races in France, Belgium, England and off course Holland. Bikepacking is new for me, a new adventure, new opportunities. I have 3 childeren, a lovely wife and also granddad of two amazing grandchilderen. See you all in May.

I like to ride far and fast. Previously focused on TTs. Now keen to try out more adventurous long distance events and challenges.

I've been cycling properly since around 2010, and my passion has been increasing with each passing year. I've been on several adventures with my bike, the latest one being from the Netherlands to Moldova in just a month. I nearly always carry a camera with me, so I'm prepared to capture some good photos and videos from this race! 🙂

Started cycling long distances in late 2017, did my first 200km BRM in Jan 2018. Was only solo women on RatN 2018. Scratched at 20% distance, but learnt a *LOT*. Coming back for a second try in 2019. Older, wise, and fitter. Am using RatN 2019 as warm up for TCRNo7.

In a recent personality check at work I was : friendly and social, resourceful, positive,communicative...that was the good part of course but it should be sufficiant to get me trough this adventure 🙂 along with a good preparation and some nice weather if possible.
As a cyclist I started as a mountain biker. This resulted in marathon mountain biking which made me participate a lot of events througout Europe like the Transalp for example. The best one was the TransBelgium mtb in 2012 were I discovered the world of bikepacking/ultra riding and also the adventure feel of being out on the road all day. So now I'm back hoping to get that feeling again!

Mijn biografie zie deze http://www.mrpbp.nl/pagina40.html
mijn resultaten van de afgelopen 32 jaar zie deze http://www.mrpbp.nl/pagina3.html

Riding since 2017 // Dready on bike // For Cake and Glory // looking forward to a great adventure with Marc who is one of my best bike buddies // looking forward to our ride around the Netherlands and meeting like-minded people

Riding as a pair with an old friend I haven't seen in too long, More than a decade ago we climbed Tourmalet and Hautacam together. Next up, circumnavigating The Netherlands.

Hello everybody! I’m a grandmother from two lovely kids Fay and Duuk, mother from 2 grownup kids and also partner from a lovely man. For living I've a fulltime job as a healthylifestylecoach and Bootcampinstructor. In My free time I started cycling in June 2016. In the beginning I was a little bit scared but also like it to discover my own country.. 99% off my rides are solorides. Cycling is for me a feeling to be free, some kind off me time, enjoy the lovely view and nature, totally relaxing while I'm cycling. But also that feeling to be strong and sometimes very small in this great World when there is a lot off wind. This challenge is for me to know my self better when I've to do every thing alone. This is also my first bikepacking adventure and an extreme challenge before I became 50. I really appriciated when you encourage me on my challenge. For all the other riders I hope that you have a nice challenge at the RATN even when it gets tough.

My cycling adventure started on June 3, 2017. On that date, my brother and his daughter started the Trans Am Bike Race. He loaned me a bike and I agreed to ride it every day while they were on course. The 2 km on day one was brutal but with every day my distance increased, I got stronger and to my delight I started to lose weight.
This marked the beginning of an active decision to exercise regularly, improve my dietary choices and eating habits, and a commitment to healthy living. I dropped from 123 kg (270 lb) and a waist of 112 cm (45 in) to 89 kg (196 lb) and a waist of 92 cm (36 in). I feel great.
A friend watching my progress suggested I might join the Race Denmark Bike Race. Of the 20 registered riders, 16 started and 13 days, 10 hours and 8 minutes later, I was the last competitor to cross the finish line and ended up in 7th. place.
The Race Around the Netherlands has a shorter time line and I plan to be among the finishers. It will be a challenge but one I look forward to with excitement and enthusiasm.

Alhoewel ik geregeld wat langer op de fiets zit zal de Race Around the Netherlands mijn eerste "long distance - fully self support - bike packing race" zijn.

Maar ik kijk er naar uit.

As an experienced ultrarunner and long distance hiker I'm more of a pedestrian than a cyclist. Most of my life my bikes were used to take me to the next icecream shop, not for serious riding.
In 2018 I decided to try something new. With only a few shorter rides under my belt I went all the way from Bonn/ Germany across the Alps down to Nice/ France in completely selfsupported bikepacker style. With a riding time of 54 hours I thought "Well, that was fun! What's next?".
The RaTN will be my first official bike race. Due to my background as an adventurer I'm not much of a racer. But that doesn't mean I'm not used to kick myself to go long and fast.

I have been competing in Adventure racing for a number of years. This year i decided to try a different discipline; "endurance cycling" and so this is my first year and my main 1st event.
Bought a new gravel bike in order to train and attend events

Fell in love with bikes at 7 y.o. when I received my first one. After I moved to Denmark I started to cycle longer distances. Did some bike touring in Norway, Sweden and Germany no longer than 1000 km though.
It's a nice feeling of freedom when you wake up in the morning and you have a blank page in front of you.

J'ai 55 ans, j'habite près des Alpes Françaises et le vélo a toujours été ma passion sportive, j'ai fait des compétions de Cyclisme entre 1978 et 1988. Puis j’ai réalisé plusieurs raids en VTT entre Paris-Gao-Dakar, Lima-La Paz-Rio, une Transamazonienne puis une traversée Chine Pakistan par le Kunjérab en 1994 avec quatre coéquipiers - Durant la même période j’ai participé à quelques cyclosportives dans les Alpes – Viendra ensuite, une coupure sans vélo pour raison professionnelle entre 1996 et 2003. Dès ma reprise du vélo, je me consacre "aux longues distances", surtout en solo. Depuis cette date, j’ai réalisé : 3 Diagonales de France de 1000 km en 2006, 2009 et 2010 - PBP en 2007 et 2011 - MGM 2013 – ERB 2016 - RAA 2018 - Un raid de 1700 km en solo jusqu'à St Jacques de Compostelle en 6 jours - un tour du Mont blanc en solo - une traversée des Pyrénées à 3 - Montpellier Paris non-stop pour le Téléthon en groupe – la ViaRhona – un tour de l’Ain - des épreuves de 24h, une multitude de BRM 200/300/400/600 et un grand nombre de sorties à la journée ou de nuit.

Bought my first road bike in 2014. Went for a bike tour in 2017 in Australia, Thailand and Europe on the Salsa Fargo.

I did the French Divide in 2018 and finished 18th. Also on the Salsa Fargo.

My endurance bike is the Canyon Endurace I'll be using during the RatN 2019. The compass 35mm tires will provide some nice comfort. See you'll say the start.

I have been a dot-watcher for many years, vicariously experiencing endurance racing through other people's experiences on TCR, TransAm, and other racers. In 2018 I decided that it is finally time for my own adventure, and to see if I can ride my bike for a week!

Before I started training, my longest ever ride was 160km. Training for this race has made me push this number higher and higher, and it has also introduced me to new roads and friends via audax and long-distance brevet events. Looking forward to meeting all the other racers of ratn2019!

My name is Wendy, I am from The Netherlands. I got my first roadbike when I was 7 years old. I cycled a lot with my dad and my brother. The last 6 years after I learned to walk again and an ankle operation I became more active in cycling. I started to ride longer distances and made a lot of cycling friends. Together with Aukje I started to get more interest in bikepacking and endurance racing.

Last summer I rode my bike to the Mosel River, 700km in 6 days. This was my first step into bikepacking and I had heaps of fun. End of September I rode coast2coast with Aukje. 200km headwinds, hopefully that will be a bit better when we race in May. The Race Around The Netherlands will be my first race and a new big challenge for me. My biggest challenge so far was becoming Cinglé du Ventoux for Klimmen tegen MS.

The 2nd day of the race will be my Birthday