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Jan went for a bike ride
October 7, 2024
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Jan went for a bike ride
October 6, 2024
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October 6, 2024
Oh my God, I'm in Portugal 🇵🇹
No more heat today and once again away from the main roads, a really beautiful stage.
The ferry crossing from Ayamonte to Vila Real de Santo Antonio was the highlight. Just traveled back in time an hour across the river.
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Jan went for a bike ride
October 5, 2024
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October 5, 2024
32 degrees, no shade, 40 km/h headwind, not the most beautiful route. Good night!
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Jan went for a bike ride
October 4, 2024
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October 4, 2024
This morning we spontaneously changed our plans. We couldn't find any suitable accommodation in the mountains, so we stayed with friends in Seville.
Beautiful landscapes, Andalusian white villages and great tapas.
The only thing we didn't have to do was face the headwind for the last 30 kilometers.
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Jan went for a bike ride
October 3, 2024
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October 3, 2024
If someone had told me a few years ago that I would one day cycle 104 kilometers uphill, I would have thought they were crazy. Now I'm the crazy one.
Although my legs weren't so good today (I spent too long walking through the Roman excavations in Mérida yesterday), I really wanted to get to the ham village of Monesterio today.
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Jan went for a bike ride
October 2, 2024
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October 2, 2024
Today we took another shorter route to the old Roman city of Mérida.
It was pleasantly cloudy and not as hot as the last few days. Pleasant climbs and a little headwind.
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Jan went for a bike ride
September 30, 2024
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September 30, 2024
First we started with a 35-kilometer descent to Placenzia.
Then we went on a deserted national road across Extremadura.
It was good that I had replenished my drinking supplies to 4 liters in the meantime. 30 kilometers before Cáceres everything was empty and there was no village in sight...
A very beautiful
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Jan went for a bike ride
September 29, 2024
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September 29, 2024
Mostly on an old Roman road. Beautiful scenery, but difficult to ride.
The climb at the end was partially impassable. Steep and gravel road would be a huge understatement.
But one of the most beautiful routes so far!
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Jan went for a bike ride
September 28, 2024
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September 28, 2024
Finally a hundred in Spain. 🇪🇸
Today we had a slight tailwind. But the first 30 kilometers were very adventurous in places. The path (Eurovelo 1) was sometimes completely overgrown, sometimes so sandy that you had to push, then several kilometers through a bull area, right through a hunting party that
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Jan went for a bike ride
September 27, 2024
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September 27, 2024
Headwind again, but only half as strong as the last two days.
From midday onwards the weather got a little better and the sun came out now and then.
I spontaneously decided to get a bungalow at the campsite because it was forecast to be 5 degrees again tonight.
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Jan went for a bike ride
September 25, 2024
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September 25, 2024
By far the hardest stage so far. Headwind of 60-70 km/h the whole way.
I was actually really looking forward to this day. 50 km along the Camino Frances. The scenery was certainly beautiful, but the wind was the final boss today.
The last 40 kilometers were a real battle. I never thought I would have to push on a 3% gradient.
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Jan went for a bike ride
September 23, 2024
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September 23, 2024
A slightly different profile today. No super steep climbs, but constant.
After the second one there was also a headwind. And so my legs felt really empty for the first time.
Tomorrow is a rest day in Burgos
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Jan went for a bike ride
September 22, 2024
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September 22, 2024
Stage with two strenuous climbs. The first one in particular was tough. I'm very proud that I only had to push on two particularly steep ramps.
The rest of the ride had everything: a bar in a mountain village with good jazz music, great descents, good food, lots of sun but also a strong thunderstorm.
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Jan went for a bike ride
September 21, 2024
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September 21, 2024
The Basque Country, where a 1-2% gradient almost feels like a downhill.
There are a huge number of racing cyclists on the road, and many friendly ones too.
We headed to the hotel a little early because rain and thunderstorms were forecast.
Unfortunately, @Franz Graf ( Radguide ) was a little behind. If
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Jan and Franz Graf ( Radguide ) went for a bike ride
September 20, 2024
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September 20, 2024
Take it easy on the first mountains in Spain. There were already a few ramps over 10%. Tomorrow we'll continue climbing!
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October 7, 2024
Tour d'Honneur with colleagues.
From Tavira, 3 colleagues rode with me and in Olhao someone else joined us and we rode the last 37 kilometers together.
Then there was a great reception in the office.
I did it, I'm really there! 3,780 kilometers in 40 days!
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