{"id":588,"date":"2012-11-06T06:18:20","date_gmt":"2012-11-06T06:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crankpunk.com\/?p=588"},"modified":"2012-11-07T08:06:25","modified_gmt":"2012-11-07T08:06:25","slug":"taiwan-kom-challenge-brings-in-big-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crankpunk.com\/ja\/2012\/11\/06\/taiwan-kom-challenge-brings-in-big-names\/","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan KOM Challenge brings in big names"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>crankpunk&#8217;s been away for a few days with a ridiculously annoying back injury that means the ballet lessons have had to stop, and, much worse, that i might have to miss the Taiwan KOM Challenge race that is coming up this Saturday in &#8211; can you guess where? &#8211; that&#8217;s right, Botswana.<\/p>\n<p>ok, Taiwan, up through the stunning Taroko Gorge.<\/p>\n<p>the race starts in Hualien on the east coast right next to the ocean and heads inland up Wuling,from 0m to 3,275m. yes, you read right. i told one NZ racer about this race at the Tour de Langkawi after he complained about the 17km Genting Highlands climb, which is a chocolate-covered cherry dipped in crystallised champagne in comparison to the 90km Wuling climb, (the last 8km is an unfeasibly hard stretch, averaging about 17%, with the last 1km at about 20%) &#8211; he looked at me for a moment, thoughtfully, then said &#8216;sorry, i don&#8217;t believe you&#8217; &#8211; very definitively. all i could do was laugh. i probably wouldn&#8217;t believe it either.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_590\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-590\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crankpunk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/558319_500190329992400_259914232_n.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"590\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/crankpunk.com\/ja\/2012\/11\/06\/taiwan-kom-challenge-brings-in-big-names\/558319_500190329992400_259914232_n\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crankpunk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/558319_500190329992400_259914232_n.jpg?fit=640%2C426&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,426\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"558319_500190329992400_259914232_n\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;the peaks of Wuling&lt;\/p&gt;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crankpunk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/558319_500190329992400_259914232_n.jpg?fit=640%2C426&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-590\" title=\"558319_500190329992400_259914232_n\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crankpunk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/558319_500190329992400_259914232_n.jpg?resize=540%2C359&#038;ssl=1\" height=\"359\" width=\"540\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-590\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">the peaks of Wuling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mancebo, Roy, Chartreau and Rabotini are all coming and though i came 4th last year i am sure i&#8217;d have had my backside properly punked in this edition. still, it&#8217;s tough to miss out. not only is the climb itself truly beautiful, riding with the Top Boys is always a pleasure, if only to see how they pedal. it&#8217;s something to behold. the best i&#8217;ve seen up close is Peter Sagan, in the Middle East earlier this year. he went through gaps i hadn&#8217;t even dreamt were there, one second he was beside me then within 30 meters he was 5 riders up, in a packed peloton. quite something.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>so i am bummed to be missing that one, though on the other hand it&#8217;s been an injury-free year so far so no real complaints.<\/p>\n<p>check out the video here and you can actually hear crankpunk on the intro&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; 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