Transcontinental Race - Heads up
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StuAff
Silencing his legs regularly
- Location
- Portsmouth
Indeed. I don't know how the rate of attrition compares to previous editions, but it seems high.
StuAff
Silencing his legs regularly
- Location
- Portsmouth
Fiona and Ben (another saddle sore sufferer...) are onto the CP3 parcours. Fiona is about 90km from the control, Ben 15km behind. Frank's at 473 from the control, Ingrid at 667. She's had a big punnet of fresh rasberries-a kilo- and ate them in about five minutes. Also suffering saddle sores (rife through the field, unsurprisingly), she's got a hotel for the night which will hopefully help.
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Normally about 50% find that TCR is beyond them.
StuAff
Silencing his legs regularly
- Location
- Portsmouth
Yup, I found that figure for the first one after my previous post. I think this one might beat that figure, unfortunately.
StuAff
Silencing his legs regularly
- Location
- Portsmouth
Fiona's 48km from CP3, having completed the parcours. Riding 19hours a day.....she's amazing. Ben's about 23km behind. Sam Thomas a further 19km behind. Frank's at 364km, Ingrid at 597km.
StuAff
Silencing his legs regularly
- Location
- Portsmouth
Fiona now nearly at CP3, Ben about 55km behind. The Kolbinger's progress seems relentless....
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
I think Frank (155) might be having a mechanical. He's been in a bike shop in Portschach am Worthersee for quite some time.
StuAff
Silencing his legs regularly
- Location
- Portsmouth
Ingrid's in Maribor, Slovenia, 411km from CP3. 'Really bad start today but great sprint finish!'. Frank is in Spittal an der Drau, Austria, 247km to CP3. Fiona remaining relentless- 300km from CP4, still 55km ahead of Ben. Ben is getting rather less sleep than she is…they both had to walk up some of the parcours, 20% gradients (I know it's supposed to be hard, but some of it is a bit too much like an Henri Desgrange route in my mind...).
StuAff
Silencing his legs regularly
- Location
- Portsmouth
Frank has scratched- posted on FB that shermer's neck was developing, he didn't want to risk the Alpine descents or a worsening condition.
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Dang. A pity, but sounds like a wise decision.
StuAff
Silencing his legs regularly
- Location
- Portsmouth
On the plus side, he's going for dinner in Frankfurt!
StuAff
Silencing his legs regularly
- Location
- Portsmouth
Ingrid's crossed into Austria, posted a vid on Instagram. Feeling better today than she was yesterday, enjoying the scenery.
StuAff
Silencing his legs regularly
- Location
- Portsmouth
Ingrid now 206km from CP3, in Oberdrauburg. At the sharp end, Alpe D'Huez is about to encounter Fiona. She's 38km from CP4, and has stretched her lead over Ben to nearly 100km. Wow. Just wow.
