Mark Cavendish, soon Tour de France polka dot jersey? More accustomed to fighting for the classification by points, the British sprinter, confined, has just climbed Everest on his home trainer. He climbed the 8,848 meters of elevation gain with his compatriot Luke Rowe and posed his feat on social networks by posting a screenshot of his performance. "The idea came to us when we learned that the weather would be bad," wrote the facetious sprinter to the 30 stage victories on the Tour de France.
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Just Everested, vEverested, whatever you want to call it, with @ lukerowe1990. We had the idea a couple of weeks back, but waited til we knew it'd be bad whether outside. I take my hat off to anyone who's completed it in whatever capacity, it was grim. 8848m altitude in a single climb. 211km. 10hours 37minutes 32seconds. . #everesting #everestchallenge #cycling #cyclist #quarantine #quarantinelife #indoor #indoorcycling
A post shared by Mark Cavendish (@markcavendish) on May 1, 2020 at 10:56 am PDT
"I take my hat off to anyone who has passed this challenge," added Cavendish, 34, adding: "8,848 meters above sea level in a single ascent, 211 km, 10 h 37 min 32 seconds".
On April 19, the Italian Giulio Ciccone, crowned best climber of the Tour of Italy 2019, had reached 10,397 meters of elevation gain over a distance of 254 km in 11:19 by pedaling from his balcony on the same platform, with at any time during the race an average of 1,100 virtual spectators. Despite constant refueling, he had left over two kilos there and testified that he had never suffered as much on a bicycle.
In mid-April, Welshman Geraint Thomas had pedaled 36 hours on his rollers - in three days at a rate of 12 hours per day - to raise funds for the British public health system (NHS), whose staff are fighting to caring for patients with Covid-19 in the UK. He had obtained 300,000 pounds (nearly 350,000 euros) in donations.
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