Sofiane Sehili is one of the most successful self-supported ultra-distance riders in the world — winner of the Tour Divide, the Atlas Mountain Race, and a three-time Silk Road Mountain Race champion. His perspective on routing, sleep strategy, gear minimalism, and sustainable pacing across 4,000+ km races is one of the most experienced on record. For Roadman listeners thinking about TCR, ATR, or solo bikepacking, his content is a primary practical reference.
The major positions Sehili is known for in cycling and endurance sport.
Every appearance by Sofiane Sehili on The Roadman Cycling Podcast — 1 episode in total.
“I came to also cycling like six years ago and the first time that I raced um in Ultra cycling was actually the first time that I raced period for”
“This year it was uh just a little bit over seven days and I slept uh I didn't sleep for I think like three nights like the first night because we started at midnight so if you sure didn't sleep the first night uh nobody nobody did actually then I slept uh another three nights and then I needed to place like what would be an attack you know and um so I cut out three hours of sleep and just slept for an hour”
“On shorter races I tend to real I tend well maybe I wouldn't do it anymore but uh I I I killed back and sleep like really really a lot not sleeping at all for several days like three or four days and yeah you can go into a sort of delirium and I I talked about that with uh a friend of mine that is a national cyclist as well and we had that same experience where we thought we were dead”
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