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@peter_v
funny you should ask. the original 11-cities tour is almost 200km, done on ice skates, when the winter is severe enough. most famous edition was ('the hell of') 1963, temperatures well below -10C for most of the day, and a lot of wind and snow. that year it was an epic win to even finish.
http://www.geschiedenis24.nl/.imaging/stk/geschiedenis/zoom/media/geschiedenis/nieuws/drie/2003/January/10211435/original/10211435.jpeg
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