Laurens ten Dam's Transcordilleras-winning bike & strategy for 1,000 Colombian gravel KMs in 3 days

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3 ай бұрын

Transcordilleras is a bikepacking gravel race in Colombia. There are 3 events: a 3-day stage race, an 8-day stage race, and the 1,000km non-stop, where participants can go as far as they can each day, sleeping wherever they decide. Former Tour de France top-10 finisher Laurens ten Dam came to Colombia with a Specialized S-Works Epic mountain bike equipped with a Shimano GRX gravel drivetrain, road handlebars and aero extensions - plus two Wahoo Elemnt computers, just in case...
He won the race in record time, sleeping just over 7 hour for the entirety of the competition that took races high into the Andes with some 66,000ft of climbing, and down into the sweltering lowlands.
I caught up with Laurens at the finish in Santa Fe Antioquia.
Still photos courtesy Transcordilleras and BikeRadar.
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Пікірлер: 36

@keessturm2804 2 ай бұрын

Though as nails! He shows so much passion for the sport, his smile says it all.

@NothingToSeeHere-mb3fw 3 ай бұрын

LtD tackling the Tour Divide...what a race it will be again this year!

@lestar123 3 ай бұрын

LtD is a living legend.

@durianriders 3 ай бұрын

Sugar for the win! Good interview.

@joskoevoet9569 3 ай бұрын

LEGEND!

@marksmits1911 3 ай бұрын

Awesome interview. I loved your articles on bikeradar. Good to see you still doing stuff you love. Bikes

@TheRidewithBenDelaney 3 ай бұрын

Thank you.

@user-hm4vl7er2u 3 ай бұрын

Love that wild man…ENJOY YOUR VIDEOS🍻

@TheRidewithBenDelaney 3 ай бұрын

🍻

@bloddyelbow8043 3 ай бұрын

Two cool dudes 👊🏼💥

@kenhunt 3 ай бұрын

I am converting my Trek Supercaliber over to a drop bar bike and have gotten laughs. Guess I'm not thinking too crazy.

@Sergio_Math 3 ай бұрын

A Supercaliber with drops sounds like a massively good idea!

@EPoel-vg8ci 3 ай бұрын

The supercaliber is almost the same as the sworks epic,.... i better say the S-works Epic is the same as the supercaliber

@trwilliams22 3 ай бұрын

More awesome content. Thanks!

@daniellovett6213 3 ай бұрын

Great interview,wish tour divide and these huge races could somehow be televised .

@alexarmstrong5611 3 ай бұрын

Great interview! Loved meeting Lauren’s at the Scottish Frthr race he spoke about and I raced in also. Can’t wait to dotwatch him in the Tour Divide .. go for the official FKT ;-)

@user-lj9sl3mz9h 3 ай бұрын

Super gedaan

@dalescott3942 3 ай бұрын

Hey Ben, great content & sounds like a pretty hard race! Did you ride the scarab? How was it and will there be a review soon ?cheers

@TheRidewithBenDelaney 3 ай бұрын

Thank you. Yes and yes! My stack of upcoming content and my appreciation for Colombian cycling are both overflowing at the moment.

@sicoactivo 3 ай бұрын

grande LTD!

@CM-ft9ep 3 ай бұрын

LTD is the realest of the real ones.

@Salespunk 3 ай бұрын

Was just talking to a friend yesterday about swapping to drop bars on my Epic WC, so this is really timely. Do you know if he sized down on the frame or did he still run his normal size? Top tube is significantly longer on my EPWC compared to my Diverge so that is my only hesitation

@TheRidewithBenDelaney 3 ай бұрын

I didn't ask about size, sorry.

@Salespunk 3 ай бұрын

@@TheRidewithBenDelaney no worries, thanks for the quick reply!