Lennart Nap

Age: 34

Cap number: 1

Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands

Bike: Canyon Aeroad CF SLX 7, SRAM Rival eTap and 62mm DT Swiss wheels.

Key items of kit: Agu frame bag, Restrap top tube bag, Tailfin AeroPack and Controltech Sirocco aerobar DIY'd on. 2x Wahoo Elemnt Bolt, 2x Lezyne 1300XXL front lights, 2x 1€ rear lights and 3x 550ml bottle. Added the Tailfin and aerobar compared to my winning minimal setup from last edition. Bringing a lot more food and a few more clothes. No lucky items since I do not need luck.

David Tschan

Age: 30

Cap number: 85

Location: Trimbach, Switzerland

Bike: Gravel bike with a set of road wheels attached to it and a couple of levers for shifting and braking.

Key items of kit: A bunch of room for liquids and food, a roll of tape for visibility and vanity (gotta protect that frame at all costs) and a custom 3D printed Coke Bottle holder as well a number of 3D printed mounts for my light, phone and navigation device, since modern handlebars/aerobars look really cool but you can't mount anything to it. Last but not least, a good old leather saddle to protect my precious booty.

Willem de Beer

Age: 55

Cap number: 256

Location: Tilburg, Netherlands

Bike: Cannondale Topstone Alloy; Full GRX810; Wheels DT Swiss DT1600 Spline; Saddle Fabric Scoop Ti; Schwalbe G-One Speed 35mm.

Key items of kit: Apidura Expedition complete set; Hilleberg Akto (without inner tent); Exped Cover PRo bivy; Exped Ultra Synmat; Yeti Passion1 down sleeping bag; Futurum clothing; Scott MTB RC Evo shoes.

Jan-Willem Bobbink

Age: 36

Cap number: 133

Location: Netherlands

Bike: Mason Resolution with HUNT 44 Aerodynamicist Carbon Disc Wheelset, SRAM AXS and Continental Grand Prix 5000 32mm tyres.

Key items of kit: Stroopwafels

Jelmer Vernooij

Age: 38

Location: London, United Kingdom

Bike: Van Nicholas Yukon (2021) with Ultegra groupset. Syntace C1 aerobars for comfort. Lights: Garmin Radar rear lights and a Son Edeux II front light powered by a dynamo.

Key items of kit: For storage I carry an apidura framebag and aero bar bags, with an ortlieb saddle bag. Frame bag: Apidura water bladder, tools, spares and food. Aero bar bags: extra layers. Saddle bag: bivvy, sleeping bag and extra clothes.

Martin Westall

Age: 66

Cap number: 183

Location: Leicester, United Kingdom

Bike: BMC Roadmachine 01, SRAM AXS 30/43 10-36 cassette, custom wheelset built to be bombproof on Hope PR05 hubs with 28mm pirelli cinturato velo.

Key items of kit: Tailfin aeropack containing spares, off bike clothes, spare cycling clothes, batteries, first aid, spare lights, fast action kit like multitool and dynaplug. MF fuel and Veloforte bars.

2x 10L Mini panniers for ease of access containing personal care, bike care, electrical, daily food, wet and warm clothing.

Restrap race stem pouch for grazing stroopwafels and haribo/katja

Tailfin top tube bag with Phone and powerpack

Lights: exposure strada SB, boost and lezyne zecto max rear.

Edge 1040 solar

Martin Staffa

Age: 39

Cap number: 32

Location: Weimar, Germany

Bike: Fairlight Strael with Shimano GRX820, DT Swiss ERC1400 Wheels, Canyon Seatpost, SQ Lab 612 Saddle, Giant/ZIPP Aeroextensions.

Key items of kit: , Revelate Designs, Tailfin and Cyclite Bags.

Piet Laubscher

Age: 53

Cap number: 206

Location: South Africa

Bike: Cannondale SuperSix with 32 mm tyres

Key items of kit: 3 light battery pack that can last for 10 days. 3 space blankets. Back-up GPS. Battery pack for GPS. Power bank for Cell phone. Puncture repair kit, with a 5x7 cm gator to fix a big cut on tyres. Pre-weight nutrition. Rain jacket and rain shorts. Spares that are unique to Cannondale like seat post clamp and chainring lock ring. All normal tools and spares. Warm bivy, gloves and jacket. Small emergency kit. Yes, everything fits in the bags. I did 7 x Munga the toughest mountain bike race in the world and I survive with all above.

Wendy van Roosmalen

Age: 27

Cap number: 254

Location: Utrecht, Netherlands

Bike: A 90's GT Karakoram mountainbike rebuilt into a mini cargobike, named Penny with 20 inch front wheel, 26 inch rear. Shimano XT rear hub, Shimano Sora 9 speed derailleur, Vintage Shimano cranks, powdercoated black and Omnium fenders. Specialized Mimic Power saddle.

Key items of kit: SON 28 hub dynamo. Custom built front rack, made to fit the crate + powdercoated black. Surly ECR Fork (468mm crown to axle). - IKEA rainbow shopping bag (in crate). Ortlieb Messenger bag pro ( in crate), Chrome Doubletrack Handlebar bag (in crate or around my waste, with valuables) and Restrap framebag.

Patrick Schut

Age: 51

Cap number: 110

Location: Hilversum, Netherlands

Bike: Chiru Vagus 650B Titanium

Key items of kit: Bags all from Apidura

Bernhard Sistemich

Age: 56

Location: Aachen, Germany

Bike: Stevens Aspin with Shimano 105 / Ultegra. Front Wheel with Dynamo Hub SON Deluxe.

Key items of kit: Apidura Frame and Toptube bags with BBB Front bag and Arkel Seatpacker.

Tim Hoogendijk

Age: 42

Cap number: 240

Location: Amsterdam

Bike: Canyon Ultimate CF SL8 (2019), Shimano Ultegra mechanical groupset (52/36 and 11-30 cassette), Mavic wheels with 30mm Conti GP5000 (tubes), Selle Italia SLR boost gravel saddle, Profile Design 4525 aerobars. And a Redshift stem for all those bumpy brick roads.

Key items of kit: Acepac bottle bag, Apidura top tube bag. Main item is a Tailfin Aeropack, stuffed to the brim with food, repair kit, toiletries and an emergency bivy. It looks like the weather can be anything from 19 degrees with blue skies to 6 degrees with rainstorms, so I'll probably bring cold and wet weather clothing. Front lights are from Lezyne, rear lights Garmin and Bontrager. I use my trusty Wahoo Elemnt Bolt for navigation.

Richard Sharp

Age: 41

Cap number: 214

Location: United Kingdom

Bike: I’m riding my trusty 2012 Giant TCR on rim brakes (rim brakes are making a comeback, I tell you!). It’s Shimano 11spd DuraAce Di2, revolver wheels and I use a mix of Apidura, Tailfin and Restrap bags.

Key items of kit: Save for the mighty “safety duck”, that is usually found on my daughters bike, I don’t really have key kit, everything I’m taking feels key, but the Apidura hydration vest is one thing I’ve found the most useful in recent times.

Vincent

Age: 31

Cap number: 251

Location: Workum, Friesland

Bike: Krush Aero with Vision Team 35 wheels.

Key items of kit: Restrap sadlebag contains my sleeping bag and some clothing. SKS framebag contains my spare cycling kit, some tools and spare parts. Xand snackpack. M-Wave frontbag contains my tent. Navigation by Wahoo Elemnt Roam.

Wouter Slob

Age: 57

Location: Harlingen, The Netherlands

Bike: Sensa Giulia GF. Shimano SF Ultegra mix 2x11.

Key items of kit: Newboler and Topeak bags, Garmin Edge 540 Solar GPS, Lezyne 1300 XXL front light, Strip alert 300 pro back light.

Jelle Homburg

Age: 44

Cap number: 135

Location: Rotterdam

Bike: BMC Teammachine ALR. Zipp 303 Firecrest wheels with 28mm Pirelli Cinturato Velo tires - because no flats...

Key items of kit: Ortlieb bags on the seat post (clothes, bivy), frame (tools, spares, food) and toptube for snacks. Garmin Edge 830 for navigation, 4iii Precision 3+ for impulse control...

António Francisco

Age: 55

Location: Lisbon, Portugal

Bike: Focus Izalco MAX

Key items of kit: Continental Grand Prix 4 Season 32mm tires. Lights from Lezyne. Frame bag, Top Tube, Stem bag and Saddle bag from Restrap. Bar bag from Rapha.

Roy Morssinkhof

Age: 44

Cap number: 217

Location: Wageningen, Netherlands

Bike: I’ll be riding my first RATN on my La Strada Distanza PMS638c. La Strada Bikes is a brand for customized carbon Race, Gravel & MTB bikes. The bike features a classical setup with QS45 Carbon Disc wheelset and tubeless Pirelli Cinturato Velo 26-622 front and 28-622 back tires. 11 speed Shimano R7000 11-32t, Ultegra 175 mm crank and 4iiii power meter. The Bontrager Race X Lite Carbon Clip-On will make it as fast as possible....

Key items of kit: I stow my luggage in the bags or food pouche on the handlebars and in or on the frame from Cyclite. And last but not least my aluminium Tailfin rack with an easily detachable main bag. Garmin Edge 1030 Plus will show me the direction to the finish line along with the Garmin Charge Power Pack for sufficient energy.

Ben Elst (BenBlijftBezig)

Age: 48

Cap number: 2920

Location: Nieuwmoer, Belgium

Bike: Specialized Diverge

Key items of kit: Bags Specialized, Gear Count Me In & Cafe Copain

Markus Linz

Age: 32

Cap number: 179

Location: Germany

Bike: Curve GMX (Kevin) with SRAM Force eTap

Key items of kit: Tailfin!

Heero Zwart

Age: 59

Cap number: 121

Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Bike: Cannondale Topstone Gravel Bike with FFWD wheels, 32mm Continental 5000 tyres.

Key items of kit: Bright Orange Castelli shirt, Apidura Bags, SRAM.

Felix Kasper

Age: 35

Cap number: 102

Location: Haarlem, the Netherlands

Bike: Curve GXR with Shimano GRX 1x11, Hunt 4seasons with SON dynamo and conti5000 all season 35 mm tires. Redshift shockstop suspension stem and CaneCreek eeSilk suspension seatpost.

Key items of kit: Custom frame bag and top tube bag . Sinewave Beacon for light and power supply.

Diana van de Merwe

Age: 50

Cap number: 90

Location: The Netherlands

Bike: Trek Emonda SL5

Key items of kit: Seat bag: Topeak BackLoader. Frame bag: Newboler. Top tube bag: Rockbros. Navigation: Hammerhead Karoo 2.

Jonah Jones

Age: 57

Cap number: 142

Location: Bermuda

Bike: I'm taking my Firefly Rando bike "The Turtle" Its not a fast set up, but its very comfortable and has low gears (down to 0.72 ratio) designed for steady all day cruising

Key items of kit: Plenty of various bags including a Gramm diamond bar bag, two roomy swift Industries panniers on the forks, a couple of revelate frame bags and a big old trunk bag. An infinity saddle. Rene herse 48mm 650b tires with mud guards for sheep poo and rain. A k-lite dynamo set up for lights front and rear as well as charging a wahoo. A big power bank to keep the phone charged for when I inevitably get lost/confused.

Flat pedals and sandals so I don't trip over cleats on a grocery raid. Lots of warm clothes. Im an Island boy and hate the cold.

Andrew Wilson

Age: 42

Cap number: 55

Location: Scotland

Bike: Canyon Endurance daubed with race-required reflective tape! Mix of SRAM AXS, Hunt 40 Carbon wheels, 30mm Schwalbe Pro Ones, Pro Missile aero bars.

Key items of kit: Apidura/Restrap bags, Exposure Strada SB light (& spare), Garmin 1030, assorted powerbanks/cables, toolkit, down jacket, waterproof and spare pair of bibs.

Just hope there's room for the 2KG of Haribo...

Julian Young

Age: 56

Cap number: 151

Location: Netherlands

Bike: Trek Domaine (carbon frame). 12spd Ultegra Di2 2x 50/34 11-34. RotorBike Qrings, 4iiii power meter. DT Swiss ERC wheels, SON front hub. SMP saddle. Continental GP5000 AS tubeless tires 32mm. Profile Designs Aero bars. Son & Busch + Müller lighting

Key items of kit: Tailfin, Carbon Aeropack, frame pack and top tube bag. Garmin edge 1040 navigation. Sleep System : Outdoor Research Helium Bivy, Nordisk mat and sleeping bag, Sea to Summit premium inflatable pillow. We all deserve one luxury.

Valerie Creemers

Age: 40

Cap number: 26

Location: Lommel, Belgium

Bike: ZOTWYF (original: Ridley)

Key items of kit: Tube bag Restrap, handlebar bag Rapha, saddle bag Restrap. Garmin & Lenzyme lighning. No sleep items (hotels).

David Stephen

Age: 60

Cap number: 84

Location: Scotland

Bike: Specialized Roubaix

Key items of kit: Tailfin AeroPack and Top Tube bag with Apidura Expedition Frame Pack, Hunt 30 Carbon Aero Disc Wheelset.

Fadi Alrais

Age: 41

Cap number: 101

Location: Gothenburg, Sweden

Bike: Bike: Gravel ram from Specialized with suspension fork, for ergonomic purpose. Customized with DT Swiss wheel set & SON dynamo hub. Running tubeless 28mm Continental 5000’s TR. Sram Force AXS 2x12s, 48x35, 10-36. Busch and Müller dynamo lights + extra front light 2000lm run with powerbank & Knog Big Cobber.

Bags: Custom home made top-tube-bag 4.0. The most I love about the bag I made is that I can access to many stuff during my ride, with mesh pockets on the sides. Frame-bag 6l from Apidura.

Key items of kit: Two GPS devices: Garmin Edge 1040 & wahoo elemnt bolt. No sleeping equipment, just an emergency bivvy.