Steffen Streich

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Steffen Streich is a German [1] ultra-endurance bicycle racer living in Greece, who won the 2015 "Trans Africa Bicycle Race".

Biography

Streich, who was born in East Berlin, Germany lives and trains on the island of Lesbos in Greece. [2] In 2015, Streich won the Trans Afrika Bicycle Race from Beitbridge to Cape Town with a time of 8 days 19 hours and 28 minutes, [3] setting a new record for the event. [4] In 2016, Streich was leading the Trans Am Bike Race with 110 miles to go. Unfortunately, on the final morning he woke and in confusion, started out in the wrong direction. He realized his error when he encountered Lael Wilcox, an American woman who had been forty miles behind. [5] The two met in Bumpass, Virginia. Streich realized his mistake and turned, and offered to ride with Wilcox to the end, and helped her when she missed a turn. [6] From that point, Wilcox sprinted away to become the first woman to win a major ultra-distance bikepacking race. [5] Streich competed in the 2017 Indian Pacific Wheel Race, a 5,500 kilometer race across Australia. [7] On the fourteenth day of the race, the second-placed rider Mike Hall was struck by a car and killed, causing the race to be cancelled. [8] Streich was in eight place at the time [9] and was one of only a handful of people who decided to complete the course. [10]

In 2018 Streich won the inaugural North Cape-Tarifa bicycle adventure, a 7400 km self supported race from the North Cape to Tarifa. After a race between the leaders Samuli Mäkinen, Kai Edel and Streich till Germany, Streich was in the lead till Col du Galibier. In La Grave France Kai Edel took over the lead and Streich in second position. At the top of Pico del Veleta, Streich took back the lead and finished in 21 days and 57 minutes, 12 hours and 5 minutes before Kai Edel. Streich cycled the last stretch of 757 km, 12,512 m vertical climbing into Tarifa in 44h.

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References

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  2. ↑ "Steffen Streich's Specialized Roubaix". Archived from the original on 5 April 2021.
  3. ↑ "The Trans Afrika Bike Race 2016 – Race Report 1". 12 May 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  4. ↑ Beltchenko, Nick (10 November 2015). "2015 Bikepacking Race Recap" . Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  5. 1 2 Watts, Logan (24 June 2016). "LAEL WILCOX: A TRANS AM GEAR LIST AND POST-RACE Q&A". Bikepacking.com. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  6. ↑ Townsend, Lori (23 June 2016). "Anchorage woman wins Trans Am bike race; first woman, first American to do so" . Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  7. ↑ Giuliani, Simone (17 March 2017). "How to follow the Indian Pacific Wheel Race and who you should watch" . Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  8. ↑ "Indian Pacific Wheel Race cancelled after cyclist killed in crash with car". 31 March 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  9. ↑ "Event: Indian Pacific Wheel Race - MAProgress". 31 March 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  10. ↑ "Indian Pacific Wheel Race rider Steffen Streich arrived at the Sydney Opera House late on Monday afternoon after completing the gruelling 5500km ride across Australia". 5 April 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
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