Transcontinental Race No. 6 - TCR6 - #TCRN06 - 2018

Well done, you're on the home straight now!
Some people, including @hippy, who is most likely sleeping now, also got caught in a storm in pluzine in 2016. Was very hot when I was there though

https://youtu.be/daC-lhrn7Sc

This for over an hour. Cars started clogging up the tunnel, others wanted to get through. Honking, yelling,... Raining, rocks falling.

Cars started clogging up the tunnel, others wanted to get through. Honking, yelling,... Raining, rocks falling.

#standardlondoncommuting

That’s nuts! Glad you carried on. In ultra terms, not far now!

Kudos!

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@skinny made it into the Sunday Times today.

His hair is looking fine. Must be all that beer?

Pic?

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/move-over-geraint-thomas-cyclist-james-hayden-wins-transcontinental-race-by-length-of-albania-n70l2bvrb

Yeah Thomas get your shit sorted m8

(comedy title aside, great to see some more recognition!)

Cheers

great cliffhanger sentence for non-registered readers ;-)

Yeah not my choice. You don't get much about in these things, but overall I think it's good

Excellent!
Just showed it to my wife and she asked:
"Who is Geraint Thomas?"

For those who don’t like paywalls

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Thanks for posting the article! (Had to tell my wife about this Geraint as well).

Sunday updated forumengers positions, frrt.org:
Cap#1: skinny (1)(1) 1 FIN
Cap#253 b: rj (11)(12)(12) 10 FIN
Cap#142: hippy (26)(23)(24) 28 FIN
Cap#62: gregory (27)(20)(30) 31 FIN

Cap#21: Anisa Aubin+ (82)(75)(67) 61 DTF:242km
Cap#147: DiscoPotato (52)(70)(66) 64 DTF:262km
Cap#219: Paul Alderson+ (94)(79)(76) 69 DTF:318km
Cap#90: MisterTomTom (54)(60)(64) 84 DTF:451km
Cap#106: JasonWSM (130) 125 DTF:710km
Cap#208: PBoynton (191)(177)(166) 166 DTF:1680km

Cap#46: Jürgen Knupe+ (14)(22) SCR
Cap#177: 7ven (83)(68) SCR
Cap#60: Alan Parkinson+ (135)(132)(118) SCR
Cap #34: Roger Seaton (Brompton)+ (216)(210) SCR

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[+] = rider non-forum, but of interest.

I met up with Will Armitage (mentioned in The Times article) just yesterday :-). He knows of the forum and has visited it a few times in the past.

Great update, thanks.
Id missed that Jürgen had scratched; that's a shame.
Anisa is doing fabulously; gradually moving up the field as the other riders tire...

Am I mistaken or has the scratch rate been lower this year? Hope I am right.

No I think it's about normal. A little less than last year but 2017 was hard due to the heat and inflated the number.

https://ridefar.info/races/transcontinental-race/overall/

If you’ve not come across this, it’s pretty interesting. Chris White has done some interesting stats about the races

Thanks. That is very interesting, especially the km per day stats at the end.

Closing in on the finish with 100 miles left. Im sure I'll need a rest to tackle the climbs properly but with such a lovely descent into Greece it's hard not to feel a little invincible and eager to see it off. Sunrise on the parcour would be a treat for sure.

#21, Anisa Aubin is under 100 miles from the finish. She sent me a voice message this morning with a hideous squealing noise. I thought she had caught and was strangling one of the dogs that had been bothering her but it seems a disc has buckled and is catching on a worn out pad. Her allen key won't reach the bolt so she can't really free it off, so she said she'll just turn her music up and press on. She looks likely to be second woman to finish, as Ede Harrison, who she was hoping to catch, has already finished.