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"I'll see your Everesting, and I'll raise you the Seven Summits ... on a turbo trainer"

Danish cyclist Michael Knudsen is 'climbing' 45,000 metres - equivalent to combined height of highest peak on each continent...

A cyclist from Denmark who is training for this year’s Red Bull Trans-Siberian Extreme race is this week climbing around 45,000 metres on his bike, equivalent to the world’s ‘Seven Summits – with his efforts undertaken entirely on a turbo trainer.

Michael Knudsen ticked off, in the virtual sense, the first ascent today, with a height gain equivalent to the elevation of Mount Kilimanjaro.

By the end of the week, he hopes to have ridden a height gain the same as all the combined elevation of the highest peaks on each of the seven continents.

To make it easier for people to picture the challenge, he’s matched each of those to a well-known climb from the world of cycling.

He’ll tackle those the required number of times on video linked to his Bkool smart trainer to achieve the elevation of the corresponding summit.

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Here’s how his schedule looks this week.

Monday – Mount Kilimanjaro (Africa) – 3.5 times Col du Madeline
Tuesday – Denali (ex-Mount McKinley, North America) 5.2 times Col du Tourmalet
Wednesday – Aconcagua (South America) – 4.3 times Mont Ventoux
Thursday – Mount Elbrus (Europe) – 5.2 times Col du Galibier
Friday – Mount Everest (Asia) – 8.5 times Alpe d'Huez
Saturday – Carstensz Pyramid (aka Puncak Jaya, Oceania) – 2.7 times Passo dello Stelvio
Sunday – Vinson Massif (Antarctica – 7.2 times Sa Calobra).

Knudsen, who is undertaking the effort at the premises of his wheel sponsor, FullCarbon, in Denmark, told road.cc: “It’s a pretty massive event,” and that he is “quite sure nothing like this has ever been done before.”

He added: Last Spring I did an indoor Everesting on my Bkool, by doing 8.5 Alpe d'Huez [ascents] straight. But this is a completely different beast.”

There is a livestream on his Facebook page, where you will also find updates as he pursues his goal.

Knudsen is training for this year’s Red Bull Trans-Siberian Extreme, the world’s longest bicycle race, covering 9,200km in 14 stages and taking in seven time zones and five climate zones.

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Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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Schweiz | 7 years ago
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Just punktlos! Climb those metre on a real bike on a real road and i will respect you. Like this only makes man angry.

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Yorkshire wallet | 7 years ago
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What a man cave!

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tritecommentbot | 7 years ago
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What a boss. GL laugh

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CXR94Di2 | 7 years ago
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He could of added Mt Teide, dropped the piddly Stelvio:). Wish him well on his quest

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