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And then there were eight.
Three solos. One former pair now solo and two pairs.
Rose McGovern #136, finished after a strong ride yesterday. She had, apparently, never ridden more than 200 miles before and never faced mountains other than those in Ireland. Mind you, my memory of Irish mountaiins is that they may not be as high aas the Alps but that they can be very vicious and windy. If you are interested, she is doing a live Facebook chat/video diary this evening via Primaleurope at 7pm.
Simeon Jurukov #113 wass close on her heels and was ahead of her at CP4. Yesterday he had onl115 km to go. He has been at Alexandrouopolis for the past 18 hours. Trackleaders has him down as having only 80 odd km to go but I now realise that this is straight line distance and so meaningless. He is not yet underway. While he could potentially finish today, it may be that he is resting up/dealing with a mechanical/injured/sick. He is 50 years old and Macedonian. He is on Facebook and may have been posting on there. I am not so cannot tell. Hope he is up and riding soon.
Laurent Carlier (a former pair but now solo) #205 has reached Serres in Greece. He is shown as having 267 km to go. Although this is not a clear indication of how far he has to ride, it can be compared to the 400 km and 514 km of the past two days. He is making good progress.
Pierluigi Talamona #126 crossed from Kosovo and is now in Macedonia nearing the Greek border. Down to 375 km to be compared with 500km and 587 km of the past two days. He is 68 years old. This is either a very good thing as it sets a benchmark for older riders or is a little frustrating to my plans (based upon last year's oldest rider at 63) to ride the TCR at 65 in siven years time. http://www.varesenews.it/2016/07/dal-belgio-alla-turchia-in-bicicletta-a-68-anni-accetta-la-sfida/540055/ He also has a large moustache which can hardly be very aero.
Daniel Nicolas Munoz and his pair Guillermo Nicolas Munoz #209. Just north of Skopje and with 472 km to go down from 578 km and 663 km. They are making good progress. Can't find much information about them.
The next rider on the road is the solo Min Hseih #92. I know know a little more about her thanks to @adroit. She is from Taiwan and, it appears, she is using the TCR as the first part of her 14,000km ride home. Her Twitter feed suggests that she has been having a fairly torrid time but is carrying on despite adversity in a supremely determined way. It is little wonder that she is pacing this first leg of her journey. That said, she contines to progress and is now at Podgorica in Montenegro close to the border with Kosovo. Go Min!
Last riders on the road re the #228 pair of Mattia Biffi and Alberto Varni. They are making slow progress and are still 60km away from CP4. Mattia rode the 2014 TCR in 15 days and Alberto was the last finisher that year after catastrophic mechanicals which forced him to ride 600 km on a broken rear wheel, in 23 days. This year, it would appear, they are both just enjoying the ride (unless, of course, mechanicals have disrupted them.)