THE COMPETITION
How much elevation can you pack into a single ride without using the same road twice?
Plot and ride a hilly route allowing you to maximise your elevation over a distance you can achieve in a single, same day ride. Making it easy is just no fun, is it? That's why we have added some rules which are listed below.
Remember, while there is a classification for the elligible rides, there are no prizes for having the longest distance or the most amount of elevation. This is your own personal challenge to find out how much climbing you can do in a one day ride, within our rules.
Send us your rides, and we will publish them in our leaderboard. However.... your entry has to follow the rules! If it doesn't, you won't make it to the leaderboard.
THE RULES
1. The route must start and finish in the same location, and it must pass by the Brussels region.
2. The route must not use the same road twice. The route cannot overlap at any point (in either direction) and must not criss-cross, and you cannot ride up and down the same side of a climb.
3. We're looking for paved roads only. No Gravel or off road sections.
4. The route must be comprised between 40 km and 120 km and you must complete it in one day. Again, it must start and finish in the same place and it must pass by the Brussels region.
5. You must post your ride(s) to the Team Velomanie group on Spond (see Registration below) no later than 48 hours after the ride start.
6. We need to see the Strava, Garmin or similar ride URL (not your profile URL or a route file), or to receive the time-stamped .gpx file of your ride.
7. You can submit as many entries as you want, but only unique rides count (it makes no sense entering the same ride multiple times).
8. Entries must take place between 27th of August and 18th of September 2022.
THE REGISTRATION
Spond is the team management platform and app. used by Team Velomanie. To enter the challenge, you must be a registered member of Team Velomanie on Spond.
- Already a member? Simply accept the invitation to the Hardest Ride Challenge event in Spond.
- Not yet a member? To join Team Velomanie on Spond is very simple and completely free:
1. Sign up to Team Velomanie on Spond with your e-mail.
2. Respond to the Team Velomanie group invite in the welcome mail received from Spond.
3. Accept the invite to the Hardest Ride Challenge event in Spond.
THE CLASSIFICATION
Here is the formula for the Classification: Distance (km)/2+Distance (km) * Average Gradient (%) = Score (pts)
For instance, riding a "Gran Fondo" (100 km distance with 1.000 m of elevation gain) will earn you: 100/2+100 km * (1.000 m / 100.000 m)*100 = 150 pts.
Based on this formula, a one-way climb to the top of the Mont Ventoux (21 km/1575 m) is worth 168 pts. A long ride on the flat (100 km/300 m) just 80 pts...
Send us your rides, and we will publish them in our leaderboard. However.... your entry has to follow the rules.... if it doesn't, you won't make it to the leaderboard.