Transcontinental Race (London - Istanbul) - #TCRNo4

Unbelievable stuff. I feel I should have a celebratory drink at hand.

I really hope the bike cafe has stayed open for a bit longer today! They close at midnight normally - it'd be such a shame if there was nobody to meet him.

Just starting the last climb. About 5km to the top and then the descent and run along the shore of the Bosphorus.

refresh refresh refresh

Come on David!

The delays between dots is agonising. Conference call still going on. Not sure if I want it to continue until he is there or to finish soon to allow me to ride home and follow when there.

no signal in arboretum forest

Tracker cut out for a while.

He's now on the descent!!

10 km to go. About three or four down hill and the rest on the flat. Hopefully the traffic will be light.

He's on the final parcours!!

And my conference call ends....

Hopefully he will have finished in the time that it takes me to ride home.

You can't leave the action now!!

(unless your home is closer than 10km from the office and you can ride faster than David!)

Yay! #130 is bouncing. He is there!

What an amazing ride. Such grit and determination.

Chapeau David Coulon!

Really chuffed for David.

Must say I will miss following this race. When is your 24hr TT hippy?

Is he done done? The track-leaders site lists him as 'finished' (presumably within the 'finishing fence'), and it's no longer drawing little blue dots along the route, but the orange line is still moving along the coast...

I think a "finish" is reaching the Bosphorus. The cafe is a little way down the shore.

He must be there by now.

I did. burp

Nov 13th

Bravo David!

http://cyclingtips.com.au/2015/08/the-transcontinental-race-crossing-europe-by-bike-in-16-days/

"you can’t race on only Coke and Snickers for 15 days in a row"

Out.

3/4 of what I took

Dot #130 has disappeared from the map and David Coulton was marked as a finisher at 11:20 BST last night (00:20 CET and 01:20 local time.)

This has been a hell of a ride on here.
Would lazily sit back in my chair and watch dots again.
#chapeau to everyone riding.

What an amazing ride. I do hope he pops in here to tell us his story. Well done David!

Coke and Snickers or 15 days? :)