Pay close attention here to the pace of this race. It will be leagues beyond what the L’Eroica riders will be doing. At least this L’Eroica rider. This recently concluded race, won by Phillipe Gilbert, is over many if not all of the roads we will be riding this fall. There are dozens of You Tube videos of the race. This is just a brief highlight. Perhaps if this had been organized a century ago, it would stand in the same realm as Paris Roubaix.
Wow that looks like a manly man race, crazy cornering on dirt roads. A cross between cyclocross and road racing, I would bail if it rained during the race!