Transcontinental Race (London - Istanbul) - #TCRNo4

OMG... Twitch does #TCRNo4!

Hippy appears to have stopped at Disneyland Starbucks!

A fine choice for our privacy conscious friend :)

@hippy taking advantage of western wind and soon leaping the front group

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QA with Josh: http://road.cc/content/tech-news/199085-transcontinental-qa-2015-race-winner-josh-ibbett

Some stuff about his kit: http://road.cc/content/tech-news/198941-transcontinental-bike-race-josh-ibbett%E2%80%99s-bike-and-equipment

Why does no one ever ask what they're listening to on their iPod?!

I'm sure @hippy has the entire Chicago back catalog playing on random. Power ballads FTW

@skinny keeping decent time. Probably around 10th at present. This is a much tougher field than last year.

Pretty tracking map showing entire field.

Hippy is off in left field

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Those guys still in Belgium must of gone straight to a hotel after the start(. would be my way of doing this)

Josh Ibbett only a few places above hippy. Hippy keeping pace with Ultan Coyle.

It's like the national 24 all over again...

The Instagram #TCRNo4 is hotting up this morning with loads of photos and clips from riders. Obviously the pairs categories have the best snaps. Rider#141 has a wonderful hammock set up. Impressive. The organisers pictures are particularly good. To be recommended.

Ibbett scratched...

Just coming to post same thing Josh has packed!

Paul Sweenie #157 is right in the centre of Paris.

He may not have actuually started. Not on the Trackleaders map.

Anyone know why Ibbett has pulled out?

He's in a car. I think thats cheating.
Edit: #157 is

The Transcontinental ‏@transconrace 9m9 minutes ago Villebon-sur-Yvette, France
We've heard from rider number 1 and last year's winner, Josh Ibbett @j_ibbett, who has scratched from #TCRNo4 w/ reoccurring back injuries.
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Good place to stop in the middle?

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But an average speed of over 90kph is not to be sniffed at.

how can I follow the race? app or websites anyone could recommend. Thanks.

All you need on the first page.
Except http://www.frrt.org/tcrno4/ I think.
I have instagram #tcrno4, two trackers and the very useful twitter list on three screens. Plus FB.

This is a bit like selfmade internet TdF, and I like it a lot!

Going through Paris thats almost as impressive as riding 4000km in one go.

This is awesome to follow