Night riding, no rest days: Lachlan Morton takes on Tour de France alone

The Australian adventure racer will ride the entire route, including travel between stages, in a homage to the original Tour

Lachlan Morton, the maverick Australian adventure racer signed to the EF Nippo team, will ride every stage of this year’s Tour de France – including all transfers between stages – not among his peers, but on his own behind the race convoy, with the aim of reaching the Champs Élysées in Paris on 18 July ahead of the Tour peloton.

Morton, who combines World Tour road racing with competing in gravel and endurance racing, says his solo unassisted ride will be an attempt to reconnect with the original spirit of the Tour, in which riders raced through the night, slept rough in fields and ditches and ate where and when they could.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/3qqsYLr