ROSE Bikes X Sebastian Breuer - Badlands 2022

It is the 4th of September, 2022. A day that Sebastian Breuer has been working towards in a focused and structured way since mid-2021.

Badlands - more than 780km of gravel racing through some of the most remote and challenging places in Europe. Non-stop and self-supported.

Photos: Nils Laengner

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The story of an unforgettable race

Karte-Badlands


Start: Granada
Finish: Capileira
Distance: 795 km
Altitude metres: 14 .710 m
Seb's time: 43 hrs 40 min

"The landscape is great, unlike me just now."

“Mentally as well as physically – at the absolute limit!”

"At some point you just have to keep moving and get closer to the goal. Any way you can."

“You won Badlands! It is difficult to realise what has just happened. Complete emotional emptiness."

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