babybird wrote:
Saddles, Somme and snow: a tale of the toughest cycle race everAcross the battlefields of the first world war, nothing has ever tested riders more than 1919's Circuit de Champs de Bataille
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/ ... -race-everThe story made the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end.
Those people were more tough than any person who stands around a gym all day lifting weights or playing any professional sport today. People should be ashamed demanding millions of dollars a year to do anything considering events like this.
