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

#ubinalmacd

Can I just say it's more likely the guy who hit a pothole so fucking hard he shattered a deep section carbon rim was actually saved from facial reconstruction surgery by his wheel choice rather than penalised for the aeros.

Well done @hippy. Well deserved!

Well earned chocolate milk @hippy !

I think it's V not W..

Like V for Victory or Weisia with a VaaVaaVoom

Well, the spelling is "Wiesia", but the pronunciation of the initial consonant is as English 'V'. In Polish, /w/ has the sound of English /v/.

It's the diminutive of Wiesława:
https://www.behindthename.com/name/wiesia
https://www.behindthename.com/name/wiesl16awa

Melissa Pritchard is about to win the women's race. She's on the climb, not far from the top, and should finish in the next half-hour.

Insert whoosh.gif here.

Karen Tostee, who was neck-and-neck with her or a short distance behind for a long time has fallen back and has been overtaken by #157 Ingeborg Dybdal Øie. I suspect Karen will overtake her again, though.

Vhy can't he just say that she is a wery brilliant cyclist?

No, I got what he was saying, but he was still suggesting an incorrect spelling. :)

It's Hub Velo vs Pretorius!

Ah, is Ingeborg from Pretorius? I didn't know that.

Yeah, on one of their bikes as well.

Melissa's nearly there.

Chapeau Melissa !

114 ben snodin about to arrive .

She should really have got there by now unless she's stopped in the town for food.

Salut @hippy

Melissa Pritchard is shown as having finished. Congratulations to her.

Chapeau Melissa! Great ride!

She's arrived. To a heros welcome and promptly fallen asleep at the desk getting a brevet card stamped. I'm so impressed with her strength. She's incredible.

Nice to hear she got a great welcome. TCR really has some wonderful camaraderie.

As well as cheering on the remaining LFGSSers, hope everyone gets behind cap 104, Steven Hon He comes across as a top gent at the end of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlIuTKfbh00&feature=share

You're a beast, V... Well done, @hippy!!! xxx

What he said, a lot of people need to take on and learn from. He's smart.