Transcontinental Race No. 5 - TCR5 - #TCRN05 - 2017

A live video of the finish would be good if it can be mentioned here .

Skinny will beat the car to the finish due to the car's lack of route-planning and poor sleeping patterns.

Is Ian To driving?

Absolutely. I think she's currently riding every road in Alaska or something. Another serious rider.

Mike's brother, Russell, is running the finish

I can only imagine, sounds horrendous tbh.

Thanks for your posts, I've mainly been lurking in this thread but really appreciate the insight.

I've been in France for a week so have been following the race via this thread. Thanks everyone for the updates.

Do they have to approach the finish via this last climb or do they have to do it after arriving in Kalabaka? I hadn't spotted that before.

If skinny wins can someone please sort it so that his photo is on the front page of the Evening Standard and he receives an official congratulations from the mayor?

Squiggly red looks like a compulsory route over that little hill. 65k to go

Can someone please sort him a pizza buffet also.

#justgivingsitepizza let us not forget that we have lost a rider during our collective rejoicing.

@GwGs or @Sparky can

I'm attempting to flat hunt, but getting distracted easily 55k to go! Come on @skinny

and he receives an official congratulations from the Queen?

ftfy

Fucking hell, I was only gone a short while and it's gone from 120k to to to 50.

Gwaaaaan Skinny!!!1!

80km by road though (according to frrt) but I think that does the parcours in the wrong direction.

A suitable route on google maps (avoiding the motorway) gives 93.6km with 1566m of climbing.

amazing stuff, finishing strong

Can we have the banner in GOLD to celebrate @Velocio ?

Actually yes.

Even though gold never comes out gold on a screen and comes out a more urine instead.

I'll change it now.

Urine for skinny!

Skipped through the last live video from kinesis which they were showing the last twenty minutes of the checkpoint. Was nice watching the last couple of riders make it just in time, but probably should have ended there and not live streamed the first riders not to make it. Pretty awkward.

Great moment watching a rider from Barcelona spark up a ciggie though.
https://www.facebook.com/KinesisUK/videos/1682364775116316/

Not yet! Don't curse it! But have the urine at the ready!

I only just woke up :)

Thought we were all in celebration mode. Just checked and he's still got enough distance to go that he might be tempted to have a quick nap.

Will wait.

The finish parcour is from north to south, ending in Kalambaka ... a lot more downs than ups.

First woman's going to be close I reckon - Melissa Pritchard currently 7km ahead of Karen Tostee...