{"id":163398,"date":"2018-02-07T12:13:59","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T12:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=163398"},"modified":"2018-02-07T12:13:59","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T12:13:59","slug":"makes-trans-siberian-extreme-difficult-race-universe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2018\/02\/07\/makes-trans-siberian-extreme-difficult-race-universe\/","title":{"rendered":"What Makes Trans-Siberian Extreme the Most Difficult Race in the Universe?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The spectacular race across Russia surpasses all the three Grand Tours in terms of difficulty and endurance as most of the classics usually cover \u2018only\u2019 about 3,500 kilometres in three weeks. The route of the Trans-Siberian spans from Moscow to Vladivostok on the Pacific coast and covers over 9,200 kilometres, which must be completed in only 25 days. Just imagine that you should swallow your whole year\u2019s portion of training kilometres in less than a month! The race is so hard that none of the solo category participants from last year even finished it. It predominantly follows the legendary Trans-Siberian Railway, which gave the race its name. Let\u2019s have a closer look at this insanity and find out why not only Russians call it the toughest race in the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. It\u2019s undoubtedly the longest race there is<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In Russia, nothing is impossible. This principle has been in place since the reign of the almighty Tsars and keeps determining Russian mentality throughout the 21st century. If the westerners can make a 3,500-kilometre-long race, let’s add a few thousands on top of it and send the cyclists to Siberia. Forget the caf\u00e9 au lait and the jambon, this race really hurts. If you combined the Tour de France and Giro d\u2019Italia, you\u2019d still be more than two thousand kilometres short to match Trans-Siberia. Well done, guys!<\/p>\n

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2. You will hit the bottom<\/strong><\/h2>\n

If you are swanking about completing 120 km before your Sunday lunch, listen to this: while the shortest stage of the TS has 319 km, the longest one covers 1,372 km! Despite the extreme distances, participants only have a short break to recover before setting off on the road again.<\/p>\n