I Cycled 330km Through the Night to Reach the Start Line of UTMB
It's 1:30 in the morning and I'm about to cycle 330km around Mont Blanc. In 16 hours I'm lining up for UTMB. I know. I know.
La Dame Blanche is the challenge I've been building towards all season. Cycling the full Tour du Mont Blanc route overnight through France, Switzerland, and Italy before running 170km at UTMB 2026. Back to back. No proper sleep. No real recovery. Just me, my bike, my crew, and whatever the mountain decides to throw at us. Turns out that was torrential rain, hail, lightning, and the worst conditions I've ever ridden in. 13 hours 57 minutes later I was home. Three hours after that I was on a start line.
In this video I'm taking you through everything. The build up to the challenge, the overnight bike leg from 1:30am, how we managed fueling across 50 hours of continuous endurance, what the crew operation looked like, and honestly the real reason I decided to do this at all. Because this was never really about the cycling or the running. It was about doing something that I genuinely didn't know I could do. For Margot. And for my dad.
If you're here for UTMB content, Tour du Mont Blanc cycling, ultra endurance challenges, or you just want to watch someone attempt something completely unhinged in the Alps, you're in the right place.
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Whats in this vid? ⬇️
0:00 – 330km Tour du Mont Blanc: The Challenge Explained
0:21 – Race Week: Collecting UTMB Bib
2:23 – Crew HQ: The Hub, The Fuel, The Backup Bike
3:53 – Fuelling Strategy for 50 Hours of Endurance
5:30 – The Bike Setup
6:58 – The Real Reason I'm Doing This
9:06 – What I Want Margot to See
9:57 – My Dad
11:07 – Race Morning
11:40 – 1:30am: The Start
12:36 – Into Switzerland
13:07 – Crew Life at 4am
13:32 – Halfway Check-In
15:51 – 150km In
20:24 – The News That Changes Everything
22:27 – Prep Begins for UTMB
23:08 – T-Minus Three Hours to the Start Line
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