ๅจๆดปๅจๅๅธๅฐไธพๅ็ญ็ญ1ๅจๅค็ๆถ้ดๅ ๏ผๅธๅผไบๅคง็บฆ120ไบบๅฐๅบ๏ผๅธๆ่ฟๅบๆดปๅจไผๆไธบๆฅๅญฃ็ปๅ ธ่ตไบ๏ผไธๆๅบๅจๅดๆๅฒ๏ผๅ จ็จ75ๅ ฌ้็็่ทฏไธไบบ็็จๅฐ็้่ทฏใๅพ้ซๅ ด็ๅฐไธๆตทๅฏน็่ฝฆๆดปๅจๆๅฆๆญค้ซ็็ญๆ ๏ผAbout 120 people turned up at short notice for what we hope becomes a spring classic! 75km of gravel and quiet roads on Chongming Island at the end of March. Good to see so much enthusiasm in Shanghai for a gravel event! Congratulations to our podium winners
็ฌฌไธๅ 1st
็ฌฌไบๅ 2nd
็ฌฌไธๅ 3rd
ๅฅณๅญ็ป Woman
Michelle
Joelle
ๅคงไบๅญ
26.6km/h
26.0km/h
25.9km/h
็ทๅญ็ป Man
ๅจ่ฏJohnson
BR-Bicycle ็ฐๅฝๅฟ
VilleM
31.9km/h
31.6km/h
31.0km/h
ๅคงๅธ็ป๏ผ40+๏ผMaster
่ไบฌๅ
200็ฆ้ฟไธไบไบ
้ซๅนฒ
30.1km/h
28.1km/h
27.2km/h
้ๅธธๆ่ฐขๆไปฌๆๆ็่ตๅฉๅ๏ผMany thanks to all our supporters!ๅ จๅไปฅ่ตด๏ผFull power!่กฅ็ป็น Drink stand็ๅ่ตๆฎต๏ผthe queen stage ๐้่ถฃไนกๅฑ ็ฅๅ่ฝ้ๆฃ๏ผwildhomestay famous energy bars!ๅคๆฐ่ทฏๆฎตๆฏ็่ทฏ๏ผไฝไนๆไธไบๆๆฒนๅๆฐดๆณฅ่ทฏ Mostly gravel but some tarmac and concrete.่ฟๆฌกๆดปๅจ็ขณๆๆพไธบ 3ๅจไบๆฐงๅ็ขณโโๆไปฌๅฐ้่ฟๆคๆ ๆฅๆตๆถๆดปๅจไบง็็็ขณๆๆพใ็ฑไบไธญๅฝๅคง้ๅนฟๆณ้็จๆฐ่ฝๆบๆฑฝ่ฝฆ๏ผๆปไฝ็ขณๆๆพ้ๅธธไฝ๏ผ3T C02e – We will plant some trees to offset the event. Emissions were quite low due to local EV transport!ๆฅๆฅ็ๆดๅคฉ็ๆฏ้พๅพ๏ผLucky with the dry conditions!็ทๅญ็ป้ขๅฅๅฐ๏ผๅนฒๅพๆผไบฎ๏ผMale Podium! Wel done!ๅฅณๅญ็ป้ขๅฅๅฐ Female Podium!
A very nice weekend of runs through Hickory and tea plantations, through forests and up and down the local mountains of Sanyang.
Many thanks to our supporters of the event: Lululemon for some great award prizes, Sanyang Town government for some great media coverage and Wildhomestay for hosting everything.
A special shout out to Leigh, Peter, Vincent, and Annie for all the effort planning, cutting and marking the trails.
After canceling the last Clean due to weather and this time having to change the course due to a last minute tunnel closure it was a struggle for us but a bunch of fun hosting such a passionate and authentic cycling community. Thanks for all the support from everyone from route selection, to looking after riders who have never done these types of challenges, to providing all the photographs. #realcyclists #sufferingsmiles
Congratulations to the 2024 Clean #2: Daming South, Winners
Female 1st: MichelleT
Female 2nd: SarahC
Female 3rd: LuluL
Male 1st: ShawnC
Male 2nd: DiegoS
Male 3rd: MikeB
Grandmaster 1st: MikeB
Grandmaster 2nd: AlgernonS
Grandmaster 3rd: WolfgangBirthdayBoy
Many thanks to our partners and supporters over the years!
It was a epic course and an appropriate way to end the Dirty Cycling Challenge series. We’ve decided to stop our Dirty Challenges (this one also came with Dirty Water Stop and Dirty Noodles) after six years as nearly all our dirty is being concreted over and there does not seem to be much interest in a all-surface endurance gravel type races. We will still adventure out, get lost and explore the area, just in a different way and format. Thanks to all the participants and sponsors who have joined over the years.
Congratulations to the 2024 Dirty: Double Dirty Daming, Winners
1st Female: JoelleT
1st Male: EdC
2nd Male: JeffS
3rd Male: DavidO
Dirty LadyDirty MenDirty Wipeout
Many thanks to our partners and supporters over the years!
Sunday Clean & Dirty Recovery
One group went on a chilled Poshan recovery ride and the other a dirty reservoir revenge loop. Another on a long run through the local bush!
Next Up: Clean #3 Corked Highway & Shangtan Sprint- 16th & 17th November. A little different!
We will also know and present the DirtyClean 2024 Specialized Queen & King awards on Sunday lunch. Many thanks to Specialized China for the great awards.
A unique female race format. Saturday morning and afternoon races followed by fun social evening and Sunday Rides!
A weekend for the TOUGH LADIES!
Open to female riders aged from 16 to 70.
Elite & Open Groups
Saturday 10th May 2025
8KM AM Hill & 28KM TT Challenge
Ladies๏ผ Every time we push hard on our pedals, weโre not just breaking through distancesโweโre shattering those “you canโt” stereotypes. The moment we fell in love with cycling, every “impossible” turned into “Iโm possible!” Age? Just a number, not a limitโitโs a badge of honor. Challenges and adventures? We live for them, always “hurting so good.” The steeper the climb, the more we thriveโnot because weโre born fearless, but because every ride makes us braver. The sweat under our jerseys? Thatโs a love letter to ourselves. These wheels? Weโre using them to measure the world. And the way we conquer hills? Just like how we rise above lifeโs struggles.
Open Group Riders who have not raced before or for some time and who want to gain experience in a less competitive but equally fun manner.
Elite Group Experienced female riders who have raced before.
Join us and redefine what it means to be Tough Ladies! Strength can have soft curves; resilience can move with grace. We ride not to be seenโbut to discover the version of ourselves thatโs stronger than we ever imagined.
Tough Ladies, life without limitsโthatโs how you ride fierce!
The Schedule
Pre and post race events! Two races on Saturday, a party in the evening, a slow social ride or hike on Sunday! Males are invited, not to race but to help out with some washing, cooking and general support ๐
2025/05/11 Sunday – 07:00 Breakfast – 9:00 Social Ride / Hiking – 14:00 Back
Extensions
2025/05/08 Thursday Shanghai
-19:00-20:00 Pelvic Floor Health for Cyclists by Chiara Vignali , pelvic Floor & Diastasis Recti Specialist
Location: the clinic, 118 Jiashan Rd. Building B, 5F, Suite A501
2025/05/24 Saturday Shanghai
– 08:00-:10:00 Morning Yoga & stretch. Breast health & support. Advice on how to choose the right bra.
Location๏ผlululemon๏ผShanghai West Bund Dream Center๏ผ
Saturday 10am, 10th May 2025
The Hill Race 8km 528m
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See the Strava segment for the current leaderboard and climb details
Saturday – 9am – warm up with a roll out of Sanyang town 1km to the start. The start is at the base of the climb at 10am and its all uphill. A gentle 6.6% average, 528m, 8km race up and up. Coffee, cake and great photo ops at the top. Wait for the last rider and cycle down as a controlled group. If you want to smash the downhill, do it another time but we don’t suggest it due to safety. A snack in Sanyang for lunch.
Perfect tarmac road on the entire climb!Part of the climb from afar! Coffee & Cake on the Top! Some stunning views!Fun Social Gatherings
Saturday 2pm, 10th May 2025
The TT Smash
28km nearly flat
Saturday 2pm start at the junction of the new ring road and Sanyang Train Station. Riders leaving at 60 second intervals with the fastest last (from 1st day). Each participant must do 4 loops of the 6.6km loop. No drafting!
Any bike for the weekend! Perfect tarmac, mostly flat for the TT. Just keep to your side of the road.
Awards
Great prizes in the form of frames, sunglasses, sports kit, treatments, free rooms and bike maintenance.
Awards will be presented at Wildhomestay at 6pm Saturday.
Rules: any type of bike is allowed. Nonmotorized. Riders must wear helmets at all times during rides. No rubbish throwing so please put your used gel packets in your bib and dump in our rubbish bins at start and finish! Riders must show race number on their bikes as indicated. Ladies only, age 16 to 70.
How to get there
A 2h drive from Hangzhou along the G56. The race is just at a few km from the motorway exit. You can also get the train to Sanyang Station, also a few KM from the start. Search Sanyang town or wildhomestay on Gaode.
Where to stay
We obviously suggest you stay at wildhomestay ๐ 7km from the start and finish of the races and where the evening awards will be. There are various alternative Nonjiale and Mingsu in the area from simple 80RMB a night to over 1000 RMB a night luxury stays. Checkout Ctrip for the Sanyang area.
Not Just A Weekend of Races
There will be social rides post races, stretch and yoga pre/post ride, fun activities and events.
Creating!Pre & Post Ride Stretches & YogaSaturday & Sunday Social Rides – but nothing too hard.Make friends within the cycling community. Evening of BBQ Fun!
More info on our Extension Events in Shanghai by the clinic and lululemon coming soon!
268 RMB SIGN UP!
includes personal insurance on the race day, supplies, event preparation, prizes, Saturday BBQ dinner & party!
It rained, then rained more and then stopped raining for the race but rain was still coming off the mountains with rain running down the rain covered roads. This made the little concrete roads super slippery which resulted in people getting a bit too touchy with their brakes and slipping over. Lesson learned for both us and the participants. We won’t run this course again during the spring or wet seasons. Participants need to heed our warnings on tire choice and pressure and work on their steep decent braking skills. Regardless a fun and challenging day was had by all and thankfully nothing was broken, other than an exploding wheel!
Ladies Results:
Men Results:
Other Results:
2024 Queen & King Awards:
The current standings for the Specializedโs bikes King & Queen award: ShawnC and JoelleT are first place and in line to win some great Sworks gear. One race down and three to go so it’s still early days and anyone’s taking!
Next up is Clean #2:Beast of East. 99% good tarmac! 28 race tires are fine but 32s are more comfy and quicker?
Sponsors
Many thanks to all our supporters for their great awards, time and energy. A shout out to our long term partner Specialized for their top prizes. To Toby of FeverCycling for his maintenance and group support over the entire weekend. To SpineC for their great stretches and health advice. To Shokz for their prizes and headphone trials. To iGPSport for their GPS devices. To xCadey for their electric pumps and prizes. To D2E for their cleaning produce. To Namedsports for their hydration products. To the entire wildhomestay team who help make this happen. To Miranda for her social media and to all the other individuals who have helped out. Thanks to all for supporting the more adventurous community driving side of our cycling.
