Transcontinental Race No. 8 - TCR8 - #TCRN08 - 2022

Fiona going up 6 spots and entering top 10 at cp4. Nice

How is frank getting on?

James Houston at CP2 but was over taken on the climb by #105. Then again his Brompton only has 12 gears.

Will was doing very well but his frame snapped and he's DNF

He had thunder and lightning on the climb. Is currently knackered at the top.

Ulrich still convinced he has a late night ferry in Bechet.

Ugh, that's going to be an unpleasant surprise at 9 o clock at night with no ferry until the morning at one of the other locations

Given the organisers are the ones limiting what can be used to cross into Bulgaria, you'd think they might tell the riders that one of their approved options is no longer viable!

Ulrich heading back, I guess along to the next crossing point. What a sickener. Bit of an oversight from the TCR folks that!

Yeah no-ones crossing tonight I think. I'd expect Adam (and possibly Ulrich) to get the 08:30 ferry from Zimnicea, may as well get a decent bit of kip and dinner/breakfast somewhere.

Yesterday I saw the ferries on the map, now they are gone again?

Christoph still plugging away, and less than 80km from the end. Finished before lunchtime.

Meanwhile... Adam, Ulrich, and Pawel pitched up at the ferry port (with Krystian just up the road) presumably eagerly waiting for the first ferry. 280km sprint finish for 2nd place on the cards.

Another case of #hippyalwaysright (but was easy to bet) 😉😝

can only hope that this is a tracker issue and adam isn't stuck in duty free

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tracker issue apparently...I see all of them close to arrive

LF to this sprint battle!

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Ah a tracker update for Krystian (#233), looked like he'd ridden back into town and missed the ferry.

Anyone know anything about number 233? I take it the ferry problems allowed him to close the gap with the other three? I wonder if he can take advantage and win the sprint for second

Strasser on the last parcour...

UB has gone from 3rd to 5th? Kind of sucks.

Fiona and rider 232 currently both on the east side of the river, heading towards the out of action ferry. Looks like Ulrich might not be the only one with a last minute detour.

I suspect mightily pissed off about the ferry situation (I would be). Second was his for the taking otherwise.

Second was only his if the ferry had been running and Adam had chosen not to go for it. I suspect Adam had found out about it so didn't try? So best case scenario they would be in the same situation as they are, but with UB in a better mood with fewer km in his legs.

they are on the replay map

Imagine how happy you must be right now being less than 10km from the finish line. An incredible ride.