{"id":199683,"date":"2025-08-21T09:13:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T09:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=199683"},"modified":"2025-08-21T09:13:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T09:13:40","slug":"inside-amys-tour-de-france-challenge-what-she-learned-riding-every-stage-solo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2025\/08\/21\/inside-amys-tour-de-france-challenge-what-she-learned-riding-every-stage-solo\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Amy\u2019s Tour de France Challenge: What She Learned Riding Every Stage Solo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amy Hudson set out to ride the full 2025 Tour de France route \u2013 every stage, every transfer, all on her own schedule and legs. Four weeks and 6,556 kilometres later, she arrived in Paris, quietly completing one of the most ambitious amateur cycling challenges ever attempted.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Only now is it sinking in.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt didn’t really hit me until a few days later,\u201d Amy says. \u201cWhen I was riding around Paris, I was just relieved to have made it in one piece. It was busy, overwhelming, and kind of surreal after being on my own for so long. It was like, \u2018Oh, I’m done now.\u2019 But then a few days later, I thought, \u2018Wow, I’ve actually done it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

In our previous interview,<\/a> you can read more about what inspired her to do this challenge and how she managed to get ready for it after only 4 years of cycling.<\/p>\n

Not quitting, no matter what<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Amy never doubted she would finish. \u201cQuitting wasn’t an option. I went into it with that mindset,\u201d she says. \u201cEven when I had a rough patch, like going up Tourmalet, I never really thought I wouldn’t make it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Zobrazit p\u0159\u00edsp\u011bvek na Instagramu<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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P\u0159\u00edsp\u011bvek sd\u00edlen\u00fd Amy Hudson (@amy.cycling.adventures)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n