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In 2019 Fiona spent 16 hours on cp 3 parcours and 8 on cp 4. I spent almost 21 hours on the cp 3 parcours as I slept there, as I think most did, which meant many spent closer to 24 hours on it. But cp 3 was on proper roads so you could cover a lot more distance, it was 164 kms. The combined length of the parcours was also more than twice as much as this year.
But yeah anyway this seemed like the hardest one yet.
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I thought the finish line had always closed at the end of the party. Hadn't realised it was extended in other years.
Need Chris White to do the analysis!
Anyway, if that's not the right measure, it was hard measured by km and metres, and how long past riders took this time vs previously.
A big difference is that the parcours mainly used to be a few hours, like in 2017 you went to the Transfargasan and rode up it. Now they tend to be most of a day. So instead of just riding up the Transalpina, we had to go up both ways then do 6-8 hours mountain biking to get down again.