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Rapha Rising Winners

By Joe Hall • 27th July 2012 02:20pm • Posted in Events

Photo by leavit2weaver

10446 riders took part in Rapha Rising: Circle of Death. That’s over 98 times the amount of finishers of the 2012 Tour de France. 33,430,782 metres were amassed, which is the equivalent to scaling the Col du Tourmalet 15, 814 times. Ouch.

As you can see, all the top ten riders went above and beyond (literally) making light work of the required total. I’m not sure whether the folks here amassed these totals in the vicinity of their hometowns but they are all clearly benefitting from riding where the roads rise up. Incredible.

Here’s the top ten:

Pos.NameLocationNo. of RidesHeight Gain
1Robin S.Lynton, Devon, United Kingdom1133,816
2Brian T.Hoover, AL1232,280
3Rick S.Carlsbad, CA1128,305
4David B.San Marcos, CA1127,795
5Stoli dave H,926,186
6André J.Oslo, Oslo, Norway2425,547
7Carlo G.Merate, Lombardia, Italia524,876
8Jim S.Whittier, CA1124,399
9Jim A.Carlsbad, CA1724,238
10Steve W.Santa Barbara, CA1324,115

The unstoppable Robin S. came in at the top of the men's leaderboard [There is a 30% hill in Lynton -Ed.], ascending nearly five times the elevation goal. Linda K. dominated the women's leaderboard, nearly tripling the elevation goal. Climbing machines Brian T. and Deya G. were the winners of the July 18th challenge for most elevation in a single day (over 38,000 feet and 21,000 feet, respectively!)

Prizes:

All of the riders that completed the challenge will receive a Rapha Rising roundel celebrating their achievement. Please supply your details below and you will automatically be entered into a prize draw to win a limited edition Trek Madone 6.9.

King of the Mountains Prize:

The additional challenge to see who could climb the most metres on Wednesday 18th July, the date of the Queen Stage of this year’s Tour de France, wins a Rapha Race Bag containing a Rapha Circle of Death Jersey, Classic Bib Shorts and a pair of Grand Tour Shoes.

Register for a roundel:


Comments

Wolf Becvar

27th July 2012 04:20pm

Congrats to all who succeeded. Keep going!

Jason Hurdlow

27th July 2012 06:34pm

If we already emailed in our information (as someone who completed the challenge) should we still enter our info through the form on this page?

Carlo Gironi

27th July 2012 07:26pm

amazing experience. thanks Rapha!

Tim O'Donnell

30th July 2012 08:52am

looking forward to a tour down under themed challenge (total climbing + volume sweated)

James Carey

30th July 2012 02:45pm

When should we expect to hear about the Madone and or receive our Roundel in the mail?

Tristan Ramos

17th August 2012 07:28am

Soooo 5 out of 10 are from California, USA…
Not shocked. The best road riding, year around.

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