Styrkeprøven is somebody's sick idea of a timed bike event from Tronheim to Oslo- across the mountains. I have heard several people talk about this- a 540km with 4245m of climbing! It takes many people close to 20 hours to ride it. Fastest time last year was a little over 13 hours- though many people took closer to 20. I think "styrkeprøven" literally means "strength test," but I could be wrong.
The racing scene seems to have more events like these and almost none of officially licensed races of the US. There is a race from Egersund to Stavanger along the ocean, for example, that is more of a timed "citizen" event- and they throw just enough off-road into the mix to require a mountain bike.
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Great Trial of Strength. Sounds like a neat event.
Here is one series of reports on it:
http://www.dahl-stamnes.net/dahls/Cycling/Tours/gtos_info.html
Here's a blog documenting the preparations for an attempt at Styrkeprøven: .
http://540km.wordpress.com/
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