Austrian Bike Messenger wins Race Across America! Article by Dave Seminara for the New York Times

In Cycling Race Across America, Sleep Is Shunned

By DAVE SEMINARA for The New York Times

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (New York Times) — After cycling 3,000 miles through 12 states on just seven and a half hours of sleep spread out across eight days, with nary a shower, solid food or a real bed in between, Christoph Strasser glided past the Race Across America finish line here and was asked how he felt...

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/28/sports/cycling/in-cycling-race-across-america-sleep-is-shunned.html