Transcontinental Race No. 7 - TCR7 - #TCRN07 - 2019

perhaps alot of swearing going on right now.

His route looks intentional as a shortcut, maybe he's having a little fun.

He's through the worst of it. Just a 400m descent on gravel hairpins, in the dark, to go...

Anna mentioned doping at the briefing. Apparently a pack of tramadol was discovered on the course of the ht500 after the first 10 riders had gone through.

She may not want sponsorship.
taking someone's free stuff brings obligations.

I was thinking, who would want to pop a tramadol, turns out USADA have a whole article with a focus on why cyclists love it
https://www.usada.org/tramadol-why-some-athletes-and-anti-doping-experts-want-it-banned/
Not banned by WADA though but was by the UCI a couple of months a go for context on if its a PED

Stephane Ouaja is brilliant. Hope he gets a top 10 again.

This tweet makes sense now: https://twitter.com/mkpaa/status/1151654659410538496

Nice to see that Mikko has gone through it, unbreakable Mighty Finn, good luck to him for the rest of it, he's fantastic person

Mikko's "route"

https://twitter.com/mkpaa/status/1158990295373090816

More photos https://twitter.com/mkpaa/status/1158990728355336193

Go on @hippy just one little France to go, not even a whole one.

Exciting at the front end now. Will be lovely for these guys to see each other in Brest :)

What is Stephane wearing? His pyjamas? :)

comfort is key

smooth roads are for the weak

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It still beats Daniel Ehrl's option of going over the Galibier in both directions.

Epic. Probably not the fastest way to Brest

Maybe after doing the Silk Road race, you view that sort of terrain with different eyes, and maybe it's a little Silk Road training?

https://dotwatcher.cc/feature/bikes-of-the-transcontinental
Also Mikko's kit rundown is quite interesting.

yikes !

Great reception for Alexandre Le Roux. Didn't he have to swap bikes after a collision in traffic?

Also Mikko's kit rundown is quite interesting.

white bibs!

Tripod!!! I don't carry one when touring, I'd never take it racing

yeh and next to the hand sanitiser in the bag.. weird but ok

hippys moaning again on twitter.