A “randonneur” is a long-distance-endurance-cyclist who has officially completed an Audax cycling event (of 200km distance, or further) within the stipulated time limits for that specific Audax distance. Such Audax cycling events are known as “brevets“. An “ElliptiGO Randonneur” is a randonneur who has successfully completed a brevet event (of 200km distance, or further) riding an ElliptiGO bike.
The international governing body for brevet events and randonneuring is Audax Club Parisien (ACP) but many countries will have local Audax organisations working under the umbrella of ACP. A more detailed description of the sport of randonneuring can be found on this link.
Completing an Audax long-distance cycling event on an ElliptiGO bike is one of the topmost accomplishments possible in endurance sport. The list below shows all the ElliptiGO Randonneurs in our team (listed by brevet distance and year, in chronological order, for each distance). These Randonneurs make up the ElliptiGO Ultra-Endurance Team.
If you would like to join this ‘honours list’ and earn your own place in the ElliptiGO Ultra-Endurance Team (and if you need assistance with your planning, preparation and training) please contact Idai Makaya.
Officially Verified ElliptiGO Randonneurs From The Ultra Endurance Team
Audax Events of at least 1,000km distance (time-limits shown in hours):
- Alan McDonogh – London Edinburgh London 2013 (1,400km within 116:40) – Paris Brest Paris 2015 (1,200km within 90:00)
- Idai Makaya – London Edinburgh London 2013 (1,400km within 116:40) – Paris Brest Paris 2015 (1,200km within 90:00)
- Stuart Blofeld – Mille Cymru 2014 (1,000km within 75:00) – Paris Brest Paris 2015 (1,200km within 90:00) – Paris Brest Paris 2023 (1,200km within 90:00)
- Billy Grace – Paris Brest Paris 2015 (1,200km within 90:00)
- Bill Pinnell – Paris Brest Paris 2015 (1,200km within 90:00)
- Carl Nanton – Paris Brest Paris 2015 (1,200km within 90:00)
- Tim Woodier – Mille Pennines 2017 (1,000km within 75:00)
- Geert De Mulder – London Edinburgh London 2022 (1,500km within 128:00)
Super Randonneur (SR) Series (Completion of 200km, 300km, 400km, 600km Brevets in one Audax cycling season):
- Jim Cremer (2015)
- Bill Pinnell (2015)
- Billy Grace (2015)
- Stuart Blofeld (2015)
- Alan McDonogh (2015)
- Idai Makaya (2015)
- Carl Nanton (2015)
- Andrew Nuttall (2015)
- Tim Woodier (2016)
Randonnée-Round-the-Year (RRtY or R-12 Award) Requires the completion of brevets (of 200km distance, or longer) every month – for 12 successive calendar months.
- Alan McDonogh (2015)
- Idai Makaya (2016)
600km Brevet (600km within 40 hrs):
- Idai Makaya (2014)
- Alan McDonogh (2014)
- Carl Nanton (2014)
- Stuart Blofeld (2014)
- Jim Cremer (2015)
- Bill Pinnell (2015)
- Billy Grace (2015)
- Andrew Nuttall (2015)
- Tim Woodier (2016)
400km Brevet (400km within 27 hours):
- Bill Pinnell (2015)
- Jim Cremer (2015)
- Alan McDonogh (2015)
- Billy Grace (2015)
- Carl Nanton (2015)
- Idai Makaya (2015)
- Shane Cliffe (2015)
- Stuart Blofeld (2015)
- Andrew Nuttall (2015)
- Penny Fogel (2015)
- Tim Woodier (2016)
- Katharina (Kitty) Vernooij (2017)
- Scott A. Blower (2017)
300km Brevet (300km within 20 hours):
- Steve Cook (2013)
- Bill Pinnell (2015)
- Jim Cremer (2015)
- Alan McDonogh (2015)
- Andrew Nuttall (2015)
- Carl Nanton (2015)
- Shane Cliffe (2015)
- Stuart Blofeld (2015)
- Alan McDonogh (2015)
- Billy Grace (2015)
- Idai Makaya (2015)
- Penny Fogel (2015)
- Tim Woodier (2016)
- Scott A. Blower (2017)
200km Brevet (200km within 13.5 hours):
- Steve Cook (2013)
- Warren Simmons (2013)
- Billy Grace (2014)
- Chris Whitlock (2015)
- Henry Dodwell (2015)
- Idai Makaya (2015)
- Andrew Nuttall (2015)
- Stuart Blofeld (2015)
- Alan McDonogh (2015)
- Bill Pinnell (2015)
- Jim Cremer (2015)
- Shane Cliffe (2015)
- Carl Nanton (2015)
- Simon Newton (2015)
- Penny Fogel (2015)
- Tim Woodier (2016)
- Scott A. Blower (2017)
- Mark Payne (2017)
- Thomas Moench (2017)
- Ben Cox (2017)
- Ian Richardson (2017)
- Mark Chapman (2017)
- Chris Mollison (2017)
- Simon Devereux (2017)
- Nigel Lee (2018)
- Thomas Russo (2021)
- Jean (Didi) Schenck (2021)