Flat as a pancake. That’s the best way to describe the bike course at Challenge Almere-Amsterdam. With just over a week to go until the European Championships Long Distance – alongside a full program of side events, including the ever-popular Middle Distance – the organization is keeping athletes in the loop. Today, they do so with a playful wink.
Today the are zooming in on the ‘biggest climb’ of the bike course: a grand total of thirty meters in length, featuring an average gradient of…0.8 percent! Yes, you read that right. As we said: flat as a pancake!
Check out the footage below – and get ready to race the world’s flattest and one of the fastest triathlons!