Slo Joe Recumbo
06-28-05, 07:29 AM
Team ALS-Bacchetta pulled out a dramatic come from behind paceline to take 3rd overall of the "4 Man" racing teams. Trailing by close to an hour with only 60 miles to go, Team ALS eeked out the 3rd overall by 40 some seconds. Team ALS cut into the over 2 hour lead very late in the race. For disclosure :) Team ALS was not officially racing against the KERN Wheelmen as the the DF team and the recumbent team are in different classifications. Still, coming from behind in the closing two stages made it an incredibly exciting finish for those of us who kept checking the RAAM site watching ALS to see how they'd do in the home stretch.
In 2005 RAAM created a new division: Recumbent. Two teams entered. Team ALS-Bacchetta riding AERO bents and TEAM JDRF VeloKraft riding NoComs and VK2s.
In the new recumbent "category" Team ALS-Bacchetta set a RAAM World Record, completing the grueling course in 6 Days, three minutes and 26 seconds, barely missing an under 6 Day crossing. RAAM has been dubbed the hardest physical sport in the world, covering 3,046 miles in a race across the United States from San Diego to Atlantic City.
Given the incredibly herculian task for RAAM, all teams are winners when you consider the human effort fighting sleep deprivation, fatigue, pain, heat, humidity, hills, and everything mother nature and father time can throw against a rider.
Story here: http://www.raceacrossamerica.org/files/newsarchive/062705_6.htm
http://www.raceacrossamerica.org/files/raam2005/2005_pics/2005_finish/finishlinepic/501%20-%20podium_lr.jpg
In 2005 RAAM created a new division: Recumbent. Two teams entered. Team ALS-Bacchetta riding AERO bents and TEAM JDRF VeloKraft riding NoComs and VK2s.
In the new recumbent "category" Team ALS-Bacchetta set a RAAM World Record, completing the grueling course in 6 Days, three minutes and 26 seconds, barely missing an under 6 Day crossing. RAAM has been dubbed the hardest physical sport in the world, covering 3,046 miles in a race across the United States from San Diego to Atlantic City.
Given the incredibly herculian task for RAAM, all teams are winners when you consider the human effort fighting sleep deprivation, fatigue, pain, heat, humidity, hills, and everything mother nature and father time can throw against a rider.
Story here: http://www.raceacrossamerica.org/files/newsarchive/062705_6.htm
http://www.raceacrossamerica.org/files/raam2005/2005_pics/2005_finish/finishlinepic/501%20-%20podium_lr.jpg