Transcontinental Race (London - Istanbul) - #TCRNo4

And then there was a little confusion.

Two solos. One former pair now solo and two pairs.

Yesterday I reported that Simeon Jurukov #113 was at Alexandrouopolis and had been for 18 hours. Turns out I was misled by Trackleaders. He has, in fact, finished shortly before Rose McGovern. In a similar way FreeRoute is reporting that Matthew Pollard is still on the road. He finished a while ago.

As far as i can make out there are seven riders still on the road in five groups.

Laurent Carlier (a former pair but now solo) #205 has just gone past Komoutini in Greece. Other iders have finished from there in a day. His usual daily distance has varied. Yesterday he rode 185 km which, if repeated will see him through.

Pierluigi Talamona #126, our 68 year old Italian hero, rode 179 km in just over 8 hours yesterday and has already gone 75km today. Comfortably in Greece, I would expect him to finish tomorrow.

Daniel Nicolas Munoz and his pair Guillermo Nicolas Munoz #209. Crossed the border into Greece earlier today. Rode 178 km yesterday and 60 odd already today.

Min Hseih #92. Really hoping that Min makes it. She is a true fighter. She is deviating from the usual route and has spent the night in Tirana, the capital of Albania. She rode for 10 hours yesterday and covered over 200 km. She is underway and is moving towards Greece.

Last riders on the road re the #228 pair of Mattia Biffi and Alberto Varni. They rode 112 km yesterday to the start of the parcourse before CP4 where they have, it would seem, stopped to rest.

When Rose McGovern and Simeon Jurukov finished on Thursday, they had been riding for 20 days. If they rode 4000 km or 2500 miles, that means that they were riding 200 km or 120 miles a day. That is a RideLondon +20% a day for 20 days with mountains far more extreme than Box Hill and its 1 km at 5%.

Riders finishing next Tuesday will have done a RideLondon every day for 25 days.

Puts it in perspective, doesn't it?