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Video: Farmer overtakes cyclists taking part world record attempt

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When passed on a climb, who among us can honestly say they haven’t been reduced to telling themselves that it was only because the other cyclist was on a better bike? Alas, that coping mechanism wasn’t available to two athletes overtaken by a farmer during their ongoing attempt to set the fastest time to cycle the length of South America.

Axel Carrion and Andreas Fabricius are in the process of riding 11,000km to raise money for the Pompiers Sans Frontieres (firemen without borders) charity.

The two will follow the Colombian Caribbean coast, the Colombian and Ecuadorean Andes cordillera, the Peruvian coastline, the Atacama desert in Chile and the pampas in Argentina, hopefully reaching Tierra Del Fuego inside 58 days.

While recently pedalling up a climb in Antioquia in Colombia, they were passed by this guy, who despite his less-than-cutting-edge bike seemed profoundly untroubled by the gradient.

“Andreas is getting ridiculed right now,” says Carrion, who is filming. “We are in pain here,” he adds.

Now, you might argue that Carrion and Fabricius might be feeling a little fatigued as a result of their endeavours. However, they set off on December 29 and bumped into ‘Luis’ on December 30.

Plus, it sounds as if their rival has been putting a few miles in himself. The text accompanying the video reads: “We passed by Luis on our way to Dabeiba, he is riding 100 kilometers with 2000 meters climbing every day on that bike. This guy is strong !”

According to Fusion, Luis has since been promised a new bike by a local TV station. We’ve no idea why as he seems perfectly comfortable with the one he’s got.

You can follow the progress of Carrion and Fabricius via the Biking Man website.

The incident also brings to mind a 2013 video in which a Belgian postman took on Philippe Gilbert on a climb – but only after they swapped bikes.

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mxmill25 | 7 years ago
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Love it!  Like Lance looking at Jan Ullrich...come to think of it (Bob W may be right)...he could be chewing and carrying a bunch of dope up the hill as well...

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Harmanhead | 7 years ago
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    That was Quintana's dad

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CXR94Di2 | 7 years ago
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That Colombian chap looks like he has a dead body or a month's worth of shopping on the back.  1

I bet it's the altitude really

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DaveE128 | 7 years ago
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Is that a pillow on the back of the farmer's bike or something heavy?!

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pockstone | 7 years ago
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'Somos en dolor...' but some more than others.

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Christopher TR1 | 7 years ago
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Right there. That's the moment these two "record breakers" should just give up!

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Leviathan | 7 years ago
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Always best to go into a segment with fresh legs.

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Bob Wheeler CX | 7 years ago
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now test his blood for traces of coca leaf

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tommy2p | 7 years ago
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I wonder what his tyre pressures are? Because that would be even more impressive if his tyre pressure were low.

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ktache | 7 years ago
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That farmer owns that hill, and he doesn't need strava to tell him.  He does it often and he knows it, I'm sure there are hills on your commutes that are similar.  He knows exactly the amount of effort needed and where to put it down to get to the top.

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drosco | 7 years ago
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Some people would say that a comment saying ' it's not about the equipment, it's about the engine ' was somewhat similar to a comment saying ' better off getting fit before throwing money at expensive equipment ', but then you were bound to disagree. For the sake everyone's sanity however, let's not go over this again.

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Yorkshire wallet | 7 years ago
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He also has a sickeningly retro cadence. The man is breaking so many rules I don't know where to begin.

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Boss Hogg | 7 years ago
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yeah, raw power!

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CygnusX1 | 7 years ago
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As some belgian fella in a Molteni Arcore jersey once said... Don't buy upgrades, ride up grades

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dafyddp | 7 years ago
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Love that video! Carbon wheels, aero helmets, skin suits, di2 groupsets be damned - it's ALL about the engine.

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drosco replied to dafyddp | 7 years ago
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dafyddp wrote:

Love that video! Carbon wheels, aero helmets, skin suits, di2 groupsets be damned - it's ALL about the engine.

 

Careful now. I suggested that once and never heard the end of it!

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davel replied to drosco | 7 years ago
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drosco wrote:

dafyddp wrote:

Love that video! Carbon wheels, aero helmets, skin suits, di2 groupsets be damned - it's ALL about the engine.

 

Careful now. I suggested that once and never heard the end of it!

Well if you did, you chose the wrong words... But I suspect you're fibbing naughtily.

You suggested there was no point in people who could afford fancy bikes buying fancy bikes, as long as they could improve first, without the fancy bike. Entirely different point.

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Yorkshire wallet | 7 years ago
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Imagine how good he'd be if he had asthma!

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