Rocket Richard

IT was brutal; especially for a non climber.

NEW York Times Article
https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/10/sp...ling.html?_r=2

Pictures
To see the pictures go to -
https://www.AdamAndErinFalgoutPhotography.com
then click on 'Enter Site' Next click on the 'PROOFING' tab, Then type the password 'rr2009' and that will bring up all the pictures from the race!

More pics:
https://picasaweb.google.com/johnh195...jAE&feat=email

Video
https://www.tunicatrails.org/VIDEO/rougeroubaix2009.html

Results:
https://www.lambra.org/results/2009/rouge09_r.htm

Official Website:
https://www.rougeroubaix.com/

Main Sponsor:
https://www.raisingcanes.com/

Creakyknees

oh man, the Times picked it up. And I heard there was a camera crew from National Geo?

looks like it won't be a fun little race much longer... but I still gotta do it.

CastIron

I read the article yesterday. Does anyone have a course profile to give me a better idea what makes this thing such a beast?

Edit: found it. That's a hard day in the saddle, but doable.

botto 

wfrogge was in at least one of the photos from the schmaltzy wedding photographer site.

wanders

My brother works in Baton Rouge, I sent him the link. His response-

"YOU NEED TO PUT IT ON YOUR CALENDAR FOR NEXT YEAR AND MAKE THE ROAD TRIP.
IT’S ONLY ABOT AN HOUR AND ½ FROM THE HOUSE."

I'm going.

chrisvu05

god what a crappy website that was....I find it hard to believe that they make a living selling anything off of that site. When are people going to understand that flash makes a website cumbersome and ridiculously annoying to navigate?

botto 

i was a mere 6 hours away last year. problem was i was out of shape, over geared, and had just arrived in the south.

good question. wish i had the answer.

the music made it even worse.

chrisvu05

glad I had my sound off....didn't think there was a way that site could be worse.

wfrogge

In the back of the pack for the 1/2/3's .... Thats right at the turn for the 1st gravel section and I didnt want to be part of that pack. After about 5 miles of that stuff I got the hang of it and wished I was farther up the road with the leaders.

One thing I bought for the race is that new CamelBak "RaceBak" that goes under your jersey. Its pretty damn nice and will get a lot of use this year for TTing

botto 

how did your teammate, the one with the sophisticated training 'strategies', fare? i saw his beak popping out near the front group. shocking.

wfrogge

23rd (just out of the money). Theres a good action sequence of him eating it on the gravel on that guys site. Overall he had a good race and was the first 3 to finish.

chrisvu05

do you think you'd use one of these racebak's for long road races in hot temps such as the TN state RR last year? I understand they have a feed zone but there are always people (myself included) that don't have teammates or people to hand water in the feed and without a neutral water support I found myself out of water after the first lap (especially since they took us so far off course in the beginning). 2 bottles down in a little over an hour of riding. Dang that was a ridiculously hot day.

wfrogge

It would be perfect for that event. You dont even notice it after a few miles unlike a normal camelbak because the bladder is tight to your body

botto 

DOOD

Why do the people that make vids I want to see always add some crappy rock, especially linkin park(very popular with the car tuners) .

Flatballer

I hope to do a race like that someday. Sounds like an awesome time.