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DQ IMO.

Significant (i.e. 10 times what it saved them) time penalty surely.

DQ-ing for a ~5 minute short cut is a bit on the harsh side.

[EDIT] Evan's gone the right way.

That sounds much more feasible.

Time penalty to nullify the advantage, not DQ

Is it in the official GPS files? If not, then it can't be a legal alternative can it?

Sarah going again this morning after 4h nap. Putting ~50miles ahead of Steffen, who seems to be on for another 8h snooze!

Guessing Lael will be on the move again in an hour or so.

SH is moving 1.5mph faster than LW, according to TL, which isn't always bang on accurate. She's also (SH) spent more time stopped than LW.

Steffan has spend a lot of time stopped 28h, and averaging 16mph. to SH 13.4 and LW 11.9

As I write this, there is ~100miles between SH and LW. So not much really.

Sleep seems to work for him, he's closing the gap on Sarah already, not sure how much of a lead she got but there's only 20miles in it now...

Can you make Trackleaders metric? Can't comprehend elevation in feet

Sarah off course, hopefully on a permitted variant :/

Odd. Though maybe.

Variants should be listed somewhere?

It doesn't look like there are any variants, the course is the course.

http://transambikerace.com/rules/

Bit of a fuck up if so.
Routing is essential to a good race.

Dunno how a deviation falls under TRAM. As you get given the route.
Has there been a precedence in the past?

The thing is, if she suddenly backtracks. What caused her to do that? Support?

Dunno what's up with Lee F. Not moved recently.

looks like she's just turned around.

She's turned around

Might have forgotten to turn SPOT back on after a nap...

Lael having some problems with electrics... https://gypsybytrade.wordpress.com/2016/06/08/trans-am-bike-race-2016-update-lolo-mt/

Why turn it off? but good suggestion.

So had SH had support then!?

I like lael more, the more I read about her. Someone who just likes to ride bikes to go places, with no reason needed. Not giving a fuck about cycling etiquette.

So had SH had support then!?

If someone texts her to say she's gone the wrong way I don't think that really counts as 'support'.

Despite how 'clear' the rules claim to be they're not very clear on things like this.

You know those things that everyone carries around? Phones? Maybe she checked the tracker and noticed she was off-course. Maybe she wasn't paying attention to her Garmin for ages or something and finally checked it, perhaps expecting an off-course beep that never happened.