{"id":5521,"date":"2013-09-28T12:39:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-28T12:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2013\/09\/28\/raam-winner-strasser-also-wins-europes-toughest-cycling-challenge-the-race-around-ireland\/"},"modified":"2023-10-18T20:06:57","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T03:06:57","slug":"raam-winner-strasser-also-wins-europes-toughest-cycling-challenge-the-race-around-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2013\/09\/28\/raam-winner-strasser-also-wins-europes-toughest-cycling-challenge-the-race-around-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"RAAM Winner, Strasser, Also Wins Europe&#8217;s Toughest Cycling Challenge, The Race Around Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Christoph Strasser\u00a0, the Austrian <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pavedmag.com\/featured\/christoph-strasser-wins-the-2013-race-across-america-in-record-setting-fashion\/\">who became RAAM&#8217;s fastest cyclist<\/a>\u00a0when he covered the 2993 mile course in 7 days, 22 hours, a few months ago (June 19),\u00a0recently\u00a0won the 1367 mile\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/racearoundireland.com\/\">Race Around Ireland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-qOxNVeYSdS0\/UkYRyh4rZcI\/AAAAAAAABSg\/MzyvnsBdy44\/s1600\/Picture%2B30.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-qOxNVeYSdS0\/UkYRyh4rZcI\/AAAAAAAABSg\/MzyvnsBdy44\/s320\/Picture%2B30.png?resize=320%2C213\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Billed as Europe&#8217;s Toughest Cycling Challenge, he completed the 4-year old race in 3 days, 21 hours, for an average of 23.69 miles an hour! And extra admiration \u00a0is due indeed, these roads are tough over here. They have much roughed up all three of the bikes I use to roll on them, Especially the <a href=\"http:\/\/nationalbicyclegreenway.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/23\/chapter-excerpt-why-i-ride-an-eagle\/\">Eagle<\/a>&#8230;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-BKE2ZdwNcFI\/UkgY3kMDERI\/AAAAAAAABTM\/onE3FTKguyw\/s1600\/Picture%2B31.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-BKE2ZdwNcFI\/UkgY3kMDERI\/AAAAAAAABTM\/onE3FTKguyw\/s320\/Picture%2B31.png?resize=247%2C320\" width=\"247\" height=\"320\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Add the heavier air because there is so much moisture in it, and this guy&#8217;s feat is truly amazing!!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christoph Strasser\u00a0, the Austrian who became RAAM&#8217;s fastest cyclist\u00a0when he covered the 2993 mile course in 7 days, 22 hours,&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2013\/09\/28\/raam-winner-strasser-also-wins-europes-toughest-cycling-challenge-the-race-around-ireland\/\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,1,73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ireland","category-uncategorized","category-uncategorized-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VuuR-1r3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7817,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2014\/02\/15\/bicycle-joy-in-ireland\/","url_meta":{"origin":5521,"position":0},"title":"Cayo&#8217;s Right of Passage Ride Video &#8211; the Future of the NBG","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"February 15, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Cayo went for his first bike ride today. 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