The Austrian Christoph Strasser was the first rider to take less than eight days to complete the Race Across America.
It is the sixth victory for an Austrian in an extreme cycling race across the United States. With an average speed of 25 km/h, the Styrian needed seven days, 22 hours and 52 minutes to cover the almost 5,000 kilometres. He thus remained well under the eight-day mark.
The 20-minute "power naps" (short, intensive sleep) and only one longer 75-minute break left the 30-year-old struggling with fatigue towards the end of the race. Strasser had already described the tactic of short breaks to ORF.at during the race as the key to success: "Having to sleep less means losing less time. That's what it's all about"
Further information: www.christophstrasser.at
