- Jure Robič
Jure Robič (born
April 10 1965 ) is aSlovenia ncyclist and soldier in theSlovenian Army .On
September 19 ,2004 , Jure broke the world 24 hour road record by cycling 834.77 km (518.70 miles) [ [http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2004/sep04/sep21news Cycling New article, September 21, 2004] ] .He won the
Race Across America in 2004 [ [http://www.raceacrossamerica.org/newsletters/Newsletter20050325.pdf RAAM newsletter] ] , 2005 [ [http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0444681/ Documentary about RAAM 2005] ] , 2007 [ [http://stats.raceacrossamerica.org/2007/reports/overview.html RAAM 2007 official results in Men's solo category] ] , and 2008 [ [http://stats.raceacrossamerica.org/2008/reports/rider/141.html Stats from Race Across America 2008] ] , in addition to Le Tour Direct, a 4023 km (2500 mile) race on a course contrived from classic Tour de France routes. During the 2004 race Race Across America, he was reported to have had only eight hours of sleep during his eight-day, 2958.5-mile (4761.2 km) ride across theUnited States .Robič is renowned for pushing himself to extreme mental breakdown during endurance races. He has been laboratory tested, with his ability to produce power and transport oxygen found to be no greater than many other similar ultra-endurance athletes.
References
External links
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/05/sports/playmagazine/05robicpm.html NY Times Article]
* [http://www.bikeradar.com/road/news/article/jure-robic-wins-fourth-race-across-america-17088 Bikeradar.com article]
* [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25226788/ MSNBC article]
* [http://www.raceacrossamerica.org/subwebraam/info.php?N_info_id=107&N_webcat_id=1&PHPSESSID=4735f98fd2464f52df1a35cc70a715dd RAAM article about Jure]
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