Mallorca an einem Tag umrunden?! - Die epische 400 KM Inselrunde

400 km on a racing bike without rest 400 kilometers at 6000 meters of altitude 400 km around the cycling island of Mallorca We wrote in 2016 when Tobi and Richie first heard about the mythical island circuit at the Mallorca training camp since then the actual 400 kilometer circuit has stopped. The most popular Balearic island no longer lets them both go. Some six years later, it doesn't take much to rekindle the old fire and command. With approximately a quarter of the training kilometers from before, but with us twice as much motivation and two Zerbelus in the luggage, with which they had already won the round, the boys arrived in Mallorca to face the return to the island. were excited, that would probably be an understatement.

How I feel? I actually felt better and I'm pretty tired. I only got five hours of sleep last night and I left very early tomorrow, so I think fatigue will really be an issue. Maybe I could have prepared a little better, but I think with the 360 ​​I'll somehow get through it. We've already screwed the wheels on, it's already half past seven and I haven't even done it. I sat on it still, where I'm afraid of why then, in the background, I look at the mountains somehow because there are 6000 meters of altitude, spread over 400 kilometers, that's real.

Firecracker, I'm a little afraid that we're going to get ahead of ourselves by driving 400 km on one side and producing a cool video on the other, so it's going to be a little counterproductive because that's something we have to think about too, but I'm sure that, in any case, I have prepared a catering strategy and I have tried to fulfill it. Richie is a little more relaxed so I'm also a little afraid that there won't be enough if one of us feels bad then the other one will be affected. Of course, you have to look at yourself a little, you have to see how you motivate yourself, the material is right, the weather is also right and we both know our way around here pretty well, so we know where you are every second. and approximately how far away you are.

But I don't have a real emergency plan right now, it will work out somehow, in the end we will find out if we can handle something or not, we will make it 100%. That, I don't know if it is the best idea or yes, I suspect that there is something in between, now we are here in Mallorca at Cape Formentor and now we will undertake a 404 km tour around the island that will be the. Today's highlight Tobi a Bierkönig stopwatch or in any case and said it's 6 a.m. so we got up very early so we could do as much as possible during the day and be able to show you as much of the beautiful island as possible in the daytime, so now we don't have to chat for too long, we get on the bikes and then we go , so now we are halfway up the first climb there, you can almost see our hotel down there. is Porta Alcudia Porto Polenta, but we have to climb further towards the Tramuntana mountains because the climbs, of course, have to be overcome in a circuit around the island, but here we are seeing the beautiful sunrise, a first climb managed in the cold. yes 55 meters above We have already risen to sea level, we have done it during the first hours It is definitely much hotter than expected I even went out without arm warmers. vest There are still many descents ahead, but we can imagine if I have a bike, we are really on the road or yes, I would also say that we were able to turn off the lights, so let's focus a little. a little bit on the bikes and see exactly what they look like We thought we'd have a little more time for you, the bikes in front of you as we continue up the mountains, have fun.

I will start with the presentation of the bicycles, have the honor of. I present to you my Black Pearl, as I affectionately called it, the new Cervelo S5 compared to the previous model, sharedo was able to share another three or four percent speed off the bike. After the UCI regulations were lifted, the manufacturers of bicycles have created completely new bicycles. Options What I found especially interesting was the collaboration with the house brand when it comes to wheels for the S5 or Cervelo, the Reserve company supplies them here Rims and with the S5 it has been shown that the combination of 52 mm height.

The 63mm tall front and rear tires are the fastest for Cervelo's aerodynamic weapon. Also, when it comes to wheels, we definitely have to talk about tire width again. Tires up to 34 mm wide can be installed on the S5. So if you fancy a gravel adventure with the aero weapon, you can put tires here, which might have put off some untalented amateur mechanics like me, for example with the old S5. The aerodynamic cabin of the Chevelo here, you have to say, a lot of work was done, the cabin was completely reworked and I mean I took the bike out of the bike box after the flight and I have to get it in somehow and I can say that now it's a game children's.

For example, you can just put the spacers on or off at the front here, you have a piece of screw that you just screw back in and the wheel is put back together, so that's super easy now too and after all these technical details, I have to say that I am still not convinced. Now we will dedicate a second of silence in which we will let the beauty of this bicycle take effect. Unlike Richie, I have a slightly more exciting color. I mean, look at this paint job. here in gold, you could almost think it was me.

The Olympic champion on the frame is the newly released solo from Zervelo and is supposed to be a combination of the R5 climbing bike and the Richie S5 and Gap aero bike. which came about with the discontinuation of the R3 and the S3 should be closed and we can say that the frame geometry is almost one to one like with Richie's bike compared to the S5, but the frame has become much lighter, so like I said it's a mix of mountain bike and handlebar power unit. Around a semi-integrated cockpit you can use any handlebar power unit.

Now I have regular handlebars with stems, but I think everything looks pretty neat and is much easier to use. maintain which is also much easier to maintain The bottom bracket which many of you may appreciate and the wheels are 44 and 40 at the front so there is a set of wheels for all conditions and the bike was supplied with a GoPro mount that can be attached here under the handlebars or under the saddle. We were able to do this with ours. Attach lights or our GoPro and that's a good point I give to the route the German ultra travel group was heading towards Saka lobabel we are currently on.

On the short side climb of the Colt is Reis and then comes the wonderful descent which I definitely do and maybe we'll also have a second breakfast down below, I'd say we've earned it after over two hours in the saddle. , yes, and then we will have to upload everything again, no, it will be difficult, but it is also very nice. You can still see the smile on our faces, this descent is just indescribable, yes, and the bikes. They are super stable or in the corners they are super agile and we were able to really let it go.

I must say that we drove here for the first time with disc brakes. It's been a few years since I've been training. We camped here, and I've only worked on the rim brakes. It's a little more fun with the disc ones, yes, now we have about 70 km, so far it's going pretty well, we're getting there in 25, we always did. Pointing out a little, now we are going up there again, it will be exhausting, but Tobias, the view is so beautiful, yes, the interior of Mallorca that has nothing to do with Ballermann tourism. It's very nice to do it here and what's even better is to be the first to drive here in front of the first tourist bus in sakaobra's book, yes and now we are testing the good wheels uphill to see if we have a good translation to the mountain .

The last streamers were sakalobra, nice. fun but the roof is still missing the roof is even more missing yes but I think you can already smell the end it was already difficult but I still feel pretty good three hours 30 now we have driving time so I must say I have it Underestimate the temperature a little, so the temperature increase from Germany to here is quite decent, but now we have a third and then 2000 meters of altitude, we already have 2000 meters of altitude, the rest rolls for free and now we want to go down. the side again free and then we head towards the Putsch now we are here on the roof of today's tour at the Putsch malore probably everyone who has ever been to Mallorca knows this for those who don't the best part is actually the descent. or, just like that, especially the side is very nice and fast some streamers ah here you can really let it run and I think we will do it with our bikes now and at the end we will take a break in bocadio or in In the background there is goodbye and a lot of good mood, bye bye, the waste was nice and quick and also over pretty quickly and now the rest of the west coast awaits us quite distinguished like my old coach at boarding school in Kaiserslautern.

The chocolate snail dream was also cool, maybe we can show the image here for a moment. I think speaking of the snail, I'd like to take a quick look at it here. Food situation. Talk about what you've put in your little stomach so far, a total of four, three big ones. water bottles with electrolytes, also a little bit of carbs, beta fuel and I'm trying to keep doing that now, without letting the stomach take over too much and yes, that has to be like this until the end, yes, so far I've squeezed four Knopperslings, I've actually delivered them, so now I'm sitting on chocolate and caffeine, building up our pension for the tent later, now we'll get on with it and stay with beautiful Mallorca in the hinterland.

Look, yes, let's say the coast, now here we go again three kilometers uphill to the Golden Claretto, here comes another 4% on average, I tell you with all sincerity, for me it is not a climb and a categorized and categorized climb. It stops and then I don't even realize it's gone any further. Probably the most picturesque part of the entire route, the westernmost tip of the island, impresses with a constant alternation of moderate ascents and descents passing through beautiful mountain villages such as Walddemossa and Many Alufar. always with a fantastic view of the sea, before the route slowly meanders towards the south coast, where Tobi and Richis Legs should finally rest a bit from the last climb, so yes, in the right category, so we are almost there the west coast.

Behind us, yes, now we are going down, the climber is also somewhat up. We've actually climbed an average of 24.5 so far, so we've climbed pretty solidly, almost 4000 meters altitude, I think that's it. Now I have forced myself to eat more and drink more. Now I definitely feel better. I'm really looking forward to the shot because I think we can do more with the cut, yeah, and then. I'm planning on taking a few more perks for the Eevee. I hope I can't even scrub the front end, like I said, we have 160 km now, that means we still have 240 left.

Normally, after 160 like that it's fine. At the end of the day we're not even halfway there but we're getting discouraged so we keep driving in the light and we'll see you again later ciao ciao when we reach the south coast. We read Andrasch and the mountains behind us and took the flat road to Palma; Now the speed was adequate. If we wanted to somehow achieve our ambitious goal, we only stopped to refuel with liquids. Here on the Mallorcan cycle paths there is simply fresh water. Rainer with his face, boy, we are in the magical almost 200 but we choose this place because we are here.

Look at Palma Cathedral and this gem next to this gem here, we didn't want to hide the half of it from you. It's finished after almost 8 hours, so there's definitely still a long way to go. We are also very late due to several unplanned elements, but that doesn't matter, we are in good spirits and are. Now we continue towards Bierkönig. We said we had made it, so we continued through the busy traffic of the island capital, although here the first doubts arose about how much daylight was left for driving and filming. There was a beer at Ballermann. , we simply had to be us Greetings from Ballermann, but what has to enter the body has to come out somewhere.

Now we are here at the intersection on the right, we go down towards Sarah Peter and here at the corner always. We had a pee break, so Jan Ullrich Erik Zabel and company already peed here. That's why now we do it on the PC, but there is no time to stop for a long time, we had to continue driving with all our strength. To relax, the sun was sinking lower and lower, the legs were getting heavier and the delta Barren with its immaculate slopes gave little encouragement, so we had to motivate each other. Now we have 244,244 km and I tell you honestly, so.

If the button was there, then I would just get in the car at the supermarket on 255 and say everyone can use me, I can't take everyone out anymore, take out theOld school local, yeah, I want to be used. And I won't stop performing until someone here gets me off my bike. I'm so gray. That's funny again. I think with a 400 like that you have to stop at the supermarket. What did you decide for something to be there? with sugar, so I have to say I'm pretty screwed right now, sorry I'm pretty exhausted right now. We're up to 255 or something like that.

In fact, I expected this section to be the hardest because somehow these means exist. of dance where you're not really happy that you now have more than half but there's still 150 left and now I'm driving the gummy bears Pure Cola down Aquarium 9 liters of water behind and there must be something going on Regards While The boys had made their way From Sarah Peter to the east coast of the island, night had fallen, despite some dry spells their fitness was still in good shape after almost 300km clean, but unfortunately reality caught up with them at this point.

The team was a few hours late, the finish line was approaching, the mentor was still very far away and meaningful filming was now almost impossible in this darkness, it was not easy for anyone, but after some discussions within the team, the decision was made. . Lap 400. It could not be completed and the ambitious plan had to stop at this point. Yes, brief status report, we have 301 km at nine fifteen, both on the clock. Bad news, yes, unfortunately we have to cancel the island. Great project at this point we honestly admit, we underestimated it a little, but out of consideration for the next few days that are still planned here on the island with films and yes, the people who also accompany us behind the camera and.

Also a little ahead of us, we are analyzing everything now, but that does not mean that we will not report in detail tomorrow, yes, which we definitely want to say, yes, Cevelo has equipped us with the bikes. , we are over the speed limit. We're exactly above average that we were really looking for, so it definitely wasn't the wheels and we didn't have to say that, but we were very interested in the parts. Pretty disappointed, to be honest, but yeah, that's right. We'll get back in touch tomorrow, take care, it didn't quite work out, are you mostly disappointed or a little proud of yourself?

Yes, the disappointments of the day? Afterwards they are still there in some way, but I think if you look at it in some way you can be proud of the achievement or yes, in any case, I thought the tour we had done up to that point was really great, I really enjoyed it. and I also have to say that the whole decision was made thanks to the people there. So getting involved in the process and maybe coming back at some point was probably the smartest thing to do and you can always be proud of smart decisions or in any case, So you would say that you mostly had fun, yes, definitely, I didn't just have fun with you, I also had fun on the bike, so it was definitely a good fit.

I honestly thought the whole west coast was great, we both had a great time. good legs, bikes were rolling, view was great, weather was good. The material at the Bierkönig that we did was also a dream and yeah, I don't know how you felt, but actually until it got dark it just made you feel I want. I can also confirm what the hardest or worst moment was, regardless of the cancellation. Wow, I can classify that exactly, but that's where you start. I have to be honest, I think we had it too soon. You decided to leave the Delta, so to speak, the Arenal, where you always went out to train for a while to do well until you got on the front, then I was stuck on the lower links and I was quite happy. to somehow stay on the rear wheel.

Then you said, like me, take control normally, yeah, I can also explain to you why I thought I was tactically super smart now, I just didn't feel right at all, yeah. , and then I thought, yeah, in the last videos it wasn't always in the last videos in the last challenges, it was always like that when I actually looked at it. About the pain, it went away at some point and then I tried for a good half hour and then it was really dead until I got to a supermarket so nothing worked anymore. I was glad you turned around a little bit from the front and I was able to get there, okay and what was it.

The highlight of the round for me was the descent of Putsch, which has always been the most fun for me, it was the descent of Sacker Lobra, I was great for the sepentines, but I still have one left. A little mini-highlight: Tobi had a camera with him, a little disposable camera, and we took some pictures with it and maybe we'll show you two or three or something like that that were there, they're the best ones for his private collection and it was cool . Tobi's idea and yeah, thanks for that, so to the last question, do you want to try it again?

Sure, yeah, if we had made it, I would say that under no circumstances did he tell me during the video that if we can do it, I'll never do it. do something like that again but yeah somehow maybe you have to attack again in a round like this part 2 or just the island round really has to be or yeah people leave some love in the comments because we have that now, please. necessary because otherwise we will fail, sometimes it's just part of it, honestly and I hope you still enjoyed the video. We definitely hope you can write to us what your highlights are in Mallorca, but have you been here before or maybe I have.

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