PBP 2015 / Paris - Brest - Paris Audax

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hippy

Also, what's with this thing about some Vedettes having supporters on the course? I thought the whole point of audax was self sufficiency?

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marcusjb in reply to @hippy

Not just the Vedettes. Masses of riders have support, especially the French riders (easy to spot, carbon bike with saddle bag the size of an apple) often have their partners driving from control to control, meeting them with a cooked meal etc.

As you approach a control, the streets are lined with camper vans waiting for their riders.

It is a different way of tackling things.

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hippy in reply to @marcusjb

Sounds like bullshit then. If I wanted to go and break the record I'd need to have a team for it which defeats the whole point of audax. Then again, so does having 'records' for events. Maybe I should stick to touring.

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