[live forecast] dialogue with chinese riding king dingtao
He was once an ordinary farmer in Linquan County, Anhui Province.
He is also an Olympic ambassador and a solo riding hero.
He has been cycling for nearly 36 years, with a total mileage of over 420,000 kilometers.
He has cycled around China 4 times and ridden the Sichuan-Tibet Southern Line 15 times.
He has ridden the Sichuan-Tibet Northern Line once and the Yunnan-Tibet Line twice.
He has ridden the Xinjiang-Tibet Line twice and the Qinghai-Tibet Line more than 4 times.
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He is the first person to break the 8-day record on the Sichuan-Tibet Southern Line both domestically and internationally.
He achieved a breakthrough for Chinese mainland cyclists in the century-old French PBP event.
He is regarded as a hero by many cycling enthusiasts.
The King of Cycling in China.
He isDing Tao.
As a hero among many cycling enthusiasts.
Ding Tao, born in 1969.
His cycling routes extend east to Dongfushan in the East Pole.
West to the Pamir Plateau's Irkestam Pass, known as the "Last Ray of Sunshine Village."
South to Luhuitou in Sanya.
North to the Arctic Village in Mohe, Heilongjiang.
His tire tracks can be found inside and outside the Great Wall, in Hong Kong, Macau, and at every border crossing in Guangxi and Yunnan.
His tire tracks can be found inside and outside the Great Wall, in Hong Kong, Macau, and at every border crossing in Guangxi and Yunnan.
For Ding Tao,
cycling is no longer just a challenge.
Cycling has become part of his blood.
It has become the most important part of his life.
On December 28, 2016, at 20:00,
Ding Taowill be a guest in the Codoon live broadcast room.
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to share his cycling journey with you.
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In March 1990, Anhui to Shanghai, 850 kilometers, took 3 days and 1 night;
In September 2004, collected water from five lakes and four seas in 24 days, cycling over 5,000 kilometers;
On November 21, 2005, he was the first to cycle to the top of Dongfushan, the eastern gate of the motherland (military camp);
On June 21, 2006, he cycled to the Shenxianwan outpost in the Karakoram Mountains, known as the "Forbidden Zone of Life," at an altitude of 5,380 meters. It is the highest military camp in the world, with oxygen levels only 48% of those in the plains, and 10 months of ice and snow each year. Ding Tao became the first Chinese person to cycle to this mountain;
In October 2006, from Bomi to Medog in Tibet (then the only county in China without a road). Through ice, snow, rain, gravel roads, muddy roads, water crossings, cliffs, jungles, venomous snakes, and leeches... 140 kilometers took 3 days, wearing out 8 sets of brake pads;
From 2005 to 2008, he cycled around China 3.5 times, with the last 2 times taking 112 days and 92 days, covering over 21,500 kilometers in one round.
To welcome the 2008 Olympics,he cycled around the provincial capitals of China in 92 days, setting a record of 21,542 kilometers in 92 days;
In 2008, from Shanghai to Qingdao, cycling 850 kilometers in 46 hours. Immediately after, he cycled back from Qingdao to Shanghai, covering 865 kilometers in 52 hours;
In May 2010, he cycled the Sichuan-Tibet Line in 10 days and 6 hours;
On October 16-17, 2010, he won first place in the Shanghai-Huangshan self-supported ride (421.95 kilometers in 15 hours and 1 minute)
From April 23, 2011, midnight to April 24, noon, he cycled 800 kilometers round trip from Zhujiajiao, Shanghai to Huangshan in 36 hours (actual time 33 hours and 30 minutes);
In May 2011, he cycled the Sichuan-Tibet Line in 8 days, 12 hours, and 55 minutes (record setter for the Sichuan-Tibet Line);
In June 2011, from Chengdu to Lhasa to Yecheng (Sichuan-Tibet Line + Xinjiang-Tibet Line) 4,667 kilometers, taking 23 days, 12 hours, and 5 minutes;
In early September 2011, he completed the 1,106-kilometer challenge around Dishui Lake in Shanghai in 47 hours and 52 minutes;
In late September 2011, he led a team to complete the Sichuan-Tibet Line in 15 days;
In May 2014, he broke his own record by completing the Sichuan-Tibet Southern Line in 7 days, 23 hours, and 30 minutes, becoming the first person to break the 8-day mark both domestically and internationally.
In August 2015, he went to France to participate in the world's largest and most internationally attended PBP endurance cycling event. He completed the 1,230-kilometer extreme challenge in 90 hours of continuous riding.
Ding Tao was the first Chinese mainland cyclist to participate in this event. Before him, no Chinese mainland cyclist had completed the PBP event within 90 hours. On August 19, 2015, at 14:11 Paris time, Ding Tao completed the race in 67 hours and 24 minutes, achieving a breakthrough for Chinese mainland cyclists in this century-old event.
In May 2016, he cycled the Sichuan-Tibet Line in 7 days, 23 hours, and 33 minutes;
In July 2016, he participated in a 14-day cycling tour in Brazil.