Yes and no.
What does strava heatmaps say?
What should one infer from a lack of google images being posted of that road (most images are posted by people in cars)?
It's clearly an error. Without looking in detail I can't say how easy it would have been to avoid it. In 2016 I considered taking a shortcut in Bosnia. I had to spend a bit of time researching it but from the available data I was able to work out that it was mostly unpaved and that few people rode it, so I decided against it.
Bjorn has done three or four things now that suggest to me that he has been a bit careless with his route this year and this fits the pattern.
But planning and particularly planning to avoid difficulties is what will always win this race and skinny has shown that he is now, following the experience of his first two attempts, a real master of this. Björn’sdifficulties are awful to watch but skinny’s success is no accident.
Yes and no.
What does strava heatmaps say?
What should one infer from a lack of google images being posted of that road (most images are posted by people in cars)?
It's clearly an error. Without looking in detail I can't say how easy it would have been to avoid it. In 2016 I considered taking a shortcut in Bosnia. I had to spend a bit of time researching it but from the available data I was able to work out that it was mostly unpaved and that few people rode it, so I decided against it.
Bjorn has done three or four things now that suggest to me that he has been a bit careless with his route this year and this fits the pattern.