Record winner about RAAM

“One of the hardest things is sleep deprivation”

Christoph Strasser knows what you go through at the Race Across America.(Bild: Lex Karelly)

On Tuesday, Lukas Kaufmann from Upper Austria and Dominik Meierhofer from Salzburg start the Race Across America, probably the toughest and longest bike race in the world. The "Krone" asked record winner Christoph Strasser what the two debutants can expect from the horror ride through the USA.

"I don't share the opinion, but I can understand anyone who says you have to be crazy," laughs Christoph Strasser. Because when the two Austrians Lukas Kaufmann and Dominik Meierhofer set off on their hellish ride through the USA today, covering 4828 kilometers and over 50,000 meters of altitude, the average Joe can only shake his head.