{"id":5899,"date":"2014-09-16T08:49:50","date_gmt":"2014-09-16T07:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/?p=5899"},"modified":"2014-11-18T20:35:57","modified_gmt":"2014-11-18T19:35:57","slug":"races-can-hurt-snow-slopestyle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2014\/09\/16\/races-can-hurt-snow-slopestyle\/","title":{"rendered":"Races That Can Hurt:
Snow and Slopestyle"},"content":{"rendered":"

No terrain will stop the crazy riders who compete in these extreme races!<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the first part of this series, we showed you Redbull Rampage and Mammoth Mountain Kamikaze Downhill<\/a>. Let’s move on to some other famous races!<\/p>\n

Megavalanche<\/h2>\n

Hundreds of competitors hurtling down a snow-covered slope, falling and crashing into one another par for the course with Megavalanche, the race held in the French resort of Alpe d’Huez since 1995.<\/p>\n

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\n(Photo: Profimedia.cz)<\/em><\/p>\n

The race is demanding in terms of downhill technique, but also requires marathon endurance. Riders start from the top of Pic Blanc at 3,300 metres (nearly 11,000 ft) and after battling their way down the snow section they have an 18-mile course and an overall descent of 2,600 metres to deal with.<\/p>\n