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Cycling the St. Gotthard Pass…. Wauw!

Update #tourdupisa: the day of surprises… Also this night i slept real good in my Hostel in Andermatt. Packed my bag and on my way to the Coop supermarket for some stuff. Bananas, Bread, Sweety’s. I picked my energy gels out of my big bags into my small food bag. I…

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Watch the tour de france inbetween the mountains

Update #tourdupisa: Today i slept till 11 o clock, real nice when you biked the hole week and get out of bed before 8.00. I have been to the supermarket for a good breakfast and lunch. I eat this at the top o the mountains here at 3000 mtr while i…

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The rooftop of the tourdupisa

Today it was a 12 km hard climb with 8.8% average steepness to Andermatt. I tried the focus look from Lnace Armstrong and when i had wind from behind i used the the ears tactic from Marco Pantani to get uphill. Little left to the red couch you see a wooden…

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BINGO, my legs are exploded

Update #tourdupisa: goal of today Altdorf. I started slow because there are some real mountains in this stage. That clubs started after the picture with the thumb at the lake 😉 Till Altdorf is quite hard because of the climbs but i thought i could climb a little further to Andermatt.…

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Restday, relax and barbershop

Update #tourdupisa: This night i slept like a baby! Real nice breakfast with everything i would have. I spoke to the Swiss trainer and he gave me some tips about the route trough Swiss. After breakfast i slept a little an lunched in the city center of Baden. Real nice cosy…

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12 hours bike ride, nice hostel!

Update #tourdupisa: Today i started at 9 and i stopped at 9 with enough climbing work, wauw! I had the find the right ritm but after that is was nice. Ive seen the 3 country zone France Germany Swiss. I biked trough Basel, after Basel i met a Dutch sportdocter he…

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Lost my key…

Update #tourdupisa: This morning two big German guys waked me up bij snoring around real loud. That was for me the good moment to get a breakfast. But when i arrived at the breakfast room there where already 100 Chinese children in the line $%^&*. After the breakfast packed my bag…

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Damn, my ass!

Update #tourdupisa: 7.00 out of bed, get a breakfast „all i can eat” 8.00 back on my bike. Damn my ass! First climb was hard see pictures. After an hour i had the ritme, after two days 160km + i need a good big meal. Oa kwark and Pasta. Does somebody…

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First general classement

Update #tourdupisa: The day had a good start i get a lead out from the grandpa of Jan Ullrich i think. At 14.00 i was already at the place i would sleep. So i cycled a little further to Mainz. Difficult to get a nice hostel or camping so i checked…

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