Kim Roelants reached the 3398m high checkpoint Pico del Veleta at 20:24 yesterday evening: “What an epic climb! A worthy finale for such a big journey.”
Kim is at the moment 200km before the finish Tarifa.
What are Kim’s experiences:
“I have been a keen cyclist my whole adult life, using my bicycle as my prior means of transport. In 2015, I discovered bikepacking and started doing solo long-distance rides. These rides range between 800 and 2000 km and I typically ride about 300 km per day, sleeping outside as much as I could. My race experience is fairly limited but in 2022, I rode the Transcontinental race. I rode 4100 km and finished in 13.5 days. So far, this my biggest achievement in long-distance cycling. I realise that the North Cape-Tarifa ride is a whole deal longer than that but I’m ready to try it.”
Photos: from Col du Galibier and Pico del Veleta.
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