Transcontinental Race (London - Istanbul) - #TCRNo4

Take care.
And infinite amounts of #rep

^^rep

That's about as fast as my racing at the moment.

"Bernd"

severe reaction to the sun?

You couldn't make that shit up.

I saw they'd posted a start date. Not sure how dual direction race is supposed to work? Two races or just one with either direction counting? Wind direction is?

Where did you see this? Website?

Stop posting you slacker and get a fucking move on! One of us has to win something this year!

I've moved from day 1 race pace to 150w everywhere! No more watts.

Amazing work @skinny, safe and speedy ride to the next control.

Moving average speed now hoover around 30km/h, monster!

I fell apart during 24. You have to hold it together for a few more days yet. Everyone will slow down though so no stress.

Our very own @skinny posting from the head of the race... Awesome.

Keep pushing on, we're all rooting for you.

And once you arrived in Istanbul, do a skid!

https://instagram.com/thetranscontinental/

http://www.headsetpress.co.uk/transcontinental-race-2015/

Yep, front page

Firstly, the time and date, June 4th at 8AM. Secondly, mass starts in BOTH Yorktown, Virginia and Astoria, Oregon. Racers have the option to depart from either coast this year, however the question will always remain, “which way is fastest?”

No mention of it they count as separate or the same race, sure they'll clarify that at some point...

Hasn't checked in in almost an hour but it looks like skinny has reached Sestriere safe and sound.

This is where Ultan is gonna lose time... Doing the climb Up to Sestriere on a TT bike, that is.

Skimming through the Instagram tag earlier...

Looks like Gunther hit a corner a little hard, few pics of a sticky looking knee and it being bandaged up at A&E. Checked into a hotel, waiting until morning to see what it's like before scratching...

Would have thought the off road section above sestriere might also be difficult on a TT bike?

Yep, saw they'd posted it on Twitter so registered.

The guy on the fixie (no. 152) is halfway up Ventoux!

I'm watching the dots trail down France, then they all start turning left and trailing across Italy. Looks really cool

Depends how heavy his bike is. It actually looks lighter than a lot of road setups.

You know TT bikes have start bars - you don't need to be on the aerobars all the time.

Depends how heavy he is.

ftfy

I picked it up, it's not that heavy at all for all the aero's, but it's just the position innit? Surely?