At the finish line
All but one of the original team that set off to cycle 2,000km from Prague on August 14th made it to Sarajevo on Wednesday, although the cyclist forced to drop out by injury a week before joined them for the last leg of the trip to savour the joy of completing the 11-day marathon aimed
Week 2 – Tuesday, the penultimate day
The cyclists taking part in the Betfair LifeCycle Challenge are daring to believe that they will actually complete this endurance test, having survived some of the hardest conditions so far. Monday was only a relatively short 100km but the ongoing heatwave meant cyclists were more concerned trying to see through the sweat running into their
Week 2 – Monday Update
After the 260km covered on Sunday, the participants of the Betfair LifeCycle Challenge had a relatively easy day with just 103km to cover, and just two checkpoint en route, with almost no hills and the extraordinary scenery of the Croatian coast to distract them. The day saw them ride from Zadar on the Adriatic coast,
Week 2 – Sunday update
There is a palpable sense that the worst is over for the participants of the Betfair LifeCycle Challenge as although there are still some 400km to go, the hardest rides are over. The journey from Ilirska Bistrica in Slovenia to Zadar in Croatia on Sunday took them an impressive 260km, up 3.5 km and down
If it’s Saturday it must be Slovenia
The seventh day of the Betfair LifeCycle Challenge has really put the current 21 participants to the test, forcing them to do nearly 20km of steep mountain climbs as they crossed from Austria for Slovenia. The ride from Klagenfurt to Ilirska Bistrica, in the south-east corner of the country, near the border with Croatia, was
Friday Update
John Cassar has won the Cliff Micallef Time Trial held on the 6th day of the Betfair LifeCycle Challenge, managing to cycle 18km up steep mountainsides in just over 58 minutes. He was a full 3 minutes ahead of the next cyclist. The third day in Austria saw the team head to Klagenfurt from Eibiswald,
Thursday Update
Two of the 20 cyclists currently taking part in the Betfair LifeCycle Challenge had to be rescued by the back-up team after they misunderstood a sign and took a wrong turning soon after they left their accommodation in Austria on Thursday morning. The mistake would normally have been noticed within a few kilometers but the
Wednesday Update
The participants of the Betfair LifeCycle Challenge were given a heroes’ welcome when they arrived in Sintava in Slovakia on Tuesday evening with the mayor and his daughter waiting for them at the accommodation – and stepped in to take one of the physiotherapists to the nearby hospital to be treated for a badly infected
Tuesday Update
Tuesday was a relatively easy day in terms of distance for the 21 cyclists taking part in the Betfair LifeCycle Challenge, with only 170km to cover, below the average for this 2,000km challenge – but one cyclist had to stop nevertheless on medical advice because of an injury that would otherwise have exacerbated. Monday was- 1
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