I may not be a competitive inline speedskater anymore, but I still have friends in the sport and occasionally visit them at local meets. So, this type of thing is something I find very cool especially because it has more correlation with cycling. If you’ve ever been an inline speedskater and a cyclist, you’d know that the 2 sports have A LOT in common. Just about every speedskater that has transferred to cycling is an excellent cyclist and has no catting moving up if they really want to.
A pair of French speedskaters(Nicolas Greafeille and Yves-Allain Endewall) have put together more of a literal Tour of France rather than a race, but I’ve never seen a “leisurely day of skating” not turn into an “I bet you i can beat you to the end” at some point. Speedskaters are just too freakin competitive. There will be 25 different starting/ending points which you can be part of, or the whole shebang if you like. The route even covers Alpe duHuez! I’ve hit 50mph+ going downhill on skates before and that certainly was not on a descent the length of that mountain. I can’t imagine the speeds that will be attained on that one.
They are only allowing 20 skaters to take part to keep logistics and costs in control, so get your applications in early if you’re a speedskater reading this.
Here is a google translation that has all the event details along with an interview with one of the organizers Yves Allain.
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