Tour des Stations // The Hardest Bike Ride Of My Life // Series Finale!!

The BIG one! The build up to the event ends here and the adventure begins here! I hope you enjoy my story from the day!
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[@edlaverack]

Thanks for watching guys! I want to say sorry for the slightly higher audio volume than usual, I was editing while tired, and exported it. Only then did I realise it was out and I had already deleted my files. Sorry!!

[@BikeRacingWithoutMercy]

Ed - your ability to mix rides with massive power over 10-20mins and endurance climbs like this and still be top 20 is on another level. Really enjoyed this raw edit - could feel the searing heat ... 💯👌

[@KOMHuntTV]

10:05 “TURN AROUND BRIGHT EYES...” total eclipse of the heart playing in the background was perfection. 👌😂😂😂

[@swites]

Can't believe how fresh you looked at the end! 280 to 310W's on the climb is a killer pace. I'd have to stick to about 210 if I was going to make it to the end.

[@lindabillett4535]

Crazy - thanks so much for putting that together - we were transfixed. Madness in beautiful scenery. Well done Ed you’re amazing💖

[@bryngriffith]

great vid Ed, reminds me so much of my time living in austria, i knew the heat would be a factor...12 weeks of the year those alps are HOT

[@MrBJPitt]

Yep, the heat was the issue I was worried about. It's well worth arriving earlier and acclimatising.

[@assaultedpeanut9]

I do like how he makes 5 W/kg so easy. I can do that for at most 10mims... And I really need to go to Swiss

[@999shaznay]

Only 4 minutes into watching this and you have already bagged my favourite pronunciation of "antics"!!

[@tomtownsend7955]

I have also been in that place where you're so screwed you have no choice but to climb in Z1 and you couldn't have paid me to talk to anyone let alone a camera hahaha. Very Impressive vlog commitment! Mega effort especially considering the heat dude :-)

[@davidives7668]

Top of the world ma , top of the world. Keep the swelling and take away the pain please 😀 So impressed with you Ed , a magnificent effort and we could feel the tiredness radiating out of the vlog , you will sleep for a couple of days and deserve it , chapeau

[@timbliss8777]

What an event! What an effort! Way to go ED!!! The smile on your face says it all.

[@michaelford455]

Well done great race in a great country, l have lived just outside Zürich since 1980 but only started cycling in 1996 after a skiing accident. Let me know if your doing the race next year and you can stay with the family over here. Once again well done

[@markbentley4343]

massive kudos Ed. That's a serious amount of distance, climbing, at altitude and in that heat. The Swiss love that kind of stuff - they're doing ultra-distance running up 3000m peaks too. Crazy

[@Spikey_Mikey]

Great effort Ed with that scenery I'm glad you decided to enjoy it, looked like an awesome but tiresome day 👏👏👏👊👊👊

[@FortheLoveofCycling]

Thanks for sharing. Beautiful

[@TheDoctorhuw]

Well done Ed you climbed several mountains I became a Granddad! What a week that was!

[@MrBJPitt]

Awesome, thanks for sharing. Those climbs will live with you forever, and will draw you back for more.

[@sjon02]

Awesomely documented! Recognise your bloated feeling & need for small gears 😆... Keep it up 💪😁

[@PierreAlainMaire]

Well done for the race, and well done for the video ! I was watching the race in Vercorin, what a climb. I live in the area but I still like the scenery :-)

[@jacquesperrenoud1368]

Grand bravo très impressionnant 👍. Tu reviens l'année prochaine. Vive le Valais 🌞

[@beeble2003]

Awesome riding, Ed, and I'm amazed that you could be so coherent to camera after 11hrs. Hilarious that you thought the time was the time gap but why on Earth were they showing the time of day? You don't expect that...

[@edlaverack]

Agreed!

[@michaelevans797]

Awesome Ed, well done!!! 👍🚴‍♂️👍👍

[@TopCat----00]

Omg Ed , big day what have i let myself in for this year. 😬😬😬 Think take aways - feed stop are far apart & can't carry enough water . Discipline - climbing power, pace myself. & It going to be a tester 😬

[@edlaverack]

You'll LOVE it!! You said it right, pace yourself, fuel up and you'll be grand!

[@paultowns9880]

Well done Ed. Those views looked beautiful. Chapeau.

[@MABinATL]

Congrats Ed on the massive effort. You inspired me to knock out the Uber Pretzel route on Saturday in preparation for the 6 Gap Century in the north Georgia mountains in late September. I also purchased the Roswheel frame bag for the event. It looks sleek and functional.

[@edlaverack]

Go get it Mark!!

[@DavidRaynham85]

Wow wow wow!!! What a day mate. Great scenery and the vlogging was 👌🏼 well done. 👏🏻

[@nicksidell4797]

Fantastic job Ed and it looks absolutely amazing scenery 👍

[@palmer3977]

There were 4 or 5 riders just meters in front of you Ed, without filming i think 7th would have been 3rd or better comfortably, literally an epic ride though it would take me a fortnight mate.

[@michelrivard1987]

EPIC ride Ed! Many congratulations!!!

[@leewood8118]

Great work Ed! Over the line “My Word” few words 😂👍

[@edlaverack]

😂😂😂

[@Quentijn]

Still wondering how you haven't gotten &0k subs yet :o This video alone makes you deserving of that! GWAN Ed, next Zwift season will be smashin with WLC!

[@nhug5674]

Great video Ed. Hope you enjoyed Switzerland

[@leemusto8394]

Amazing effort Ed - stunning ride!

[@adcuz]

Smashed it! Well done Ed

[@nickpilgrim1966]

Solid effort Ed. Looks like you paced it well.

[@sheldonwhite3506]

Epic scenery and epic ride! Well done Ed brill ride 👏

[@stephane_g78]

Great video and effort! Very inspirational!

[@wheelwizard8563]

The comment by someone at the end hit the nail on head when they said " Next year come earlier and prepare"

[@edlaverack]

Hopefully COVID won’t prevent that next year! No flights that week apart from Friday!

[@wheelwizard8563]

Ed Laverack Thanks for the reply. Covid-19 certainly didn't help. And next you shouldn't wear a black jersey in the heat. Good luck with your efforts & keep up the good work.

[@edlaverack]

It was light grey jersey, made for hot weather riding🙂

[@HumaneNewt]

Well done Ed!

[@darrenworsdale3767]

Great effort. Well done.👍

[@htukmumfie]

very impressive

[@DrJRMCFC]

Great vlog. Good effort Ed

[@BehindtheKOM]

14:57 we can almost see the 🐝 sting swelling! 😂😆

[@matt23540]

What an awesome effort Ed. top draw! Did I see a guy getting off an electric mountain bike at 13:05?

[@PierreAlainMaire]

The roads were open to traffic and the place is always full of all sorts of riders :-) Verbier is promoting emtb a lot, like this weekend with the ebike festival. www.verbierebikefestival.com/en/page/e-tour-du-mont-blanc ;-)

[@MichaelBoogerd]

Well done Ed, never mind the ride itself, going solo?? What this video highlighted to me - how important is a really good team of support, either for providing drinks food along route, or having some people around who you know as simple mental checkpoints or support at the end... seemed a bit of an anti-climax that you crossed the line and the lady bar coded you and done. Where was Frank Schleck?? I didn’t see him in the results.

[@edlaverack]

It was a bit of an anti climax. For sure next time I’ll rope people in to help on the day! Schleck DNS’d!!

[@MichaelBoogerd]

Ed Laverack uff well shame on him!

[@palmer3977]

6:03 anything to make it look bigger Ed, i'll have to try that one mate ;-)

[@HaIIowsxeve]

What Oakley lenses are you running?

[@BenBrawn]

A real pity about the timing. Do you think you could have stayed with the front group? I reckon you could have. Also, we are all learning about how to wear masks but you shouldn’t touch the front to move them just the sides to keep your hands germ/virus free. Ride on.