RAAM

This is Jure Robic, winner of RAAM. Up close, this guy had more veins on his legs than I've seen anywhere. He had calves larger than his quads, or maybe more swollen? He apparently had no close competitor this year since his toughest competitor crashed early in the race. So he enjoyed a more leisurely pace and more sleep than last year, according to someone on his team. Here he is remounting his bike for the final 2 miles to the finish in downtown Annapolis. It took him a understandable few fumbles to clip in and every minute or so, he was riding out of the saddle. I imagine he was a bit fatigued and his butt was a wee bit tender after 3000 some miles. This is his 2nd bike, from what I can tell. He had one road geometry frame that I saw, and this TT bike set up with cosmic carbone wheels/clinchers and his seat looked to be a standard san marco or profile design triathlon seat (with the bigger nose cushion). The frame was a Scott carbon tri frame. Nothing entirely exotic about anything on the bike, except the man riding it.