Quotes of Suffering and Joy

• Hard fun, but fun.

• I enjoyed every metre, even the hard ones.

• There are no descents to rest on. It's always work.

• No matter which saddle or bibs you have – you'll finish with a baboon's butt.

• The last kilometres were really hard. The fatigue, the heat, the body… but we were determined to finish.

• The sky's the limit. We'd never have imagined doing something like this without the challenge.

• A shower and a warm bed 150 metres off the route… that can break a person.

• A brilliant stitching of straight, fast tracks.

• Whoever rode it by day, in the heat – hats (helmets) off.

• The real experience is during the ride, not at the finish.

• I chose to break my record instead of letting it break me.