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Further Festivity

By Joe Hall • 5th January 2011 02:25pm • Posted in Rides

There has been a flurry of fantastic entries to the Rapha Festive 500. We’ve had the pleasure of looking through great photography, video, writing, Garmin data (yawn) and even illustrations to compile our winners shortlist for the top three podium spots. Before we announce the winners on Friday, here are some more highlights of the week. Don't forget to check out the Facebook page as well. (Click on the images to link through to blogs and Flickr.)

Top prize is a Deep Winter Training Bundle, second prize a Hope Tech light and third place wins a 2010 Rouleur Annual.

- Dave Christenson

- Rory Berry

- Charles Hutcheson

- Jan Sotornik

- Daniel Geber


- Bjarte Bjørgen Olsen

- Daniel Carruthers

- John Russell

- Joseph Kristian Orellana

Comments

Jon Moss

5th January 2011 03:30pm

Wow. They look amazing, and some beautiful photos, especially Dave Christenson.

Good luck to everyone!

Jon

matt .

5th January 2011 04:27pm

Congrats to all. While circumstances precluded me from getting the full 500km done within the timeframe of the contest, this did help spur me to clock over 600km (and counting) between Xmas eve and today. I will look out for this again next year.

Matthias Hempe

5th January 2011 05:14pm

Congratulations to everyone who enjoyed the ride.

Joe Hall

5th January 2011 06:04pm

Matthew - you may have qualified! Well done.

Ron Callahan

5th January 2011 06:17pm

Dan Carruthers trip through China was fascinating. I highly recommend that everyone check it out.

Ad Vermaas

5th January 2011 08:27pm

Great and still very inspiring!
The challenge was between the 23rd and the 30th of December, but a week later there is still that pinkish afterglow!

Stefan Rohner

5th January 2011 08:57pm

cool!

http://www.stefan-rohner.net/blog/

Christian Løverås

6th January 2011 10:17am

Damn you, Bjarte! While I was indoors eating meat and marsipan, drinking only alchoholic beverages and complaining about the weak xc skiing conditions, you were out riding. No wonder Google Translate thinks you should be called "Woody": http://is.gd/kdt6n

Stephen Dodson

6th January 2011 12:23pm

Some fantastic entries. Just pulled together a video summary: http://www.vimeo.com/18494786

Claire Beaumont

6th January 2011 07:38pm

Blog posts here - http://igetcross.blogspot.com/2010/12/rapha-500-8-miles.html

&

http://igetcross.blogspot.com/2011/01/rapha-500-festive-fail.html

Random video here - http://igetcross.blogspot.com/2011/01/swaines-x-ventoux-rapha-500.html

Basically I'm just full of excuses. I didn't manage the 500 because I've been concentrating on a Top 8 at this weekend National Cyclo Cross Trophy. is that legit? Is that just weak?

Joe Hall

7th January 2011 09:42am

Hmmm, working on your top end sounds like drinking games to me!!

Good luck this weekend Claire, if you win we'll send you a badge!

Edward Juan

7th January 2011 06:51pm

I should have done it!!!! I'm full of envy right now looking at these amazing photos, especially Dave Christenson's.

Jens Voigt

9th January 2011 03:52am

Since you are still taking entries, I put together this map of my Festive 500: http://goo.gl/xmGkm. I also updated my blog post: http://www.tourofcalifornia.org/2010/12/festive-500.html. For pictures only, see here: http://goo.gl/IOKLH.

Best,
Bernd

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