Online Real Time Tracking

[coops456]

Anyone know or worked out the significance of the occasional dot being orange instead of green?

[bhoot]

There is a key, orange is stopped I think

[bhoot]

Looks like the first few riders beat the Yad Moss closure

[trundle]

It is fascinating watching the dots - it really brings it to life.

Your eye is naturally drawn to the leaders and Matt Page is clearly a machine. When I saw his aero bike setup I thought, "There is somebody planning to go bloomin fast!".

But then you zoom out and see the enormous spread across the country and I tip my hat to everybody! It is quite something to pedal distances that most of us would think twice about driving. And I'm sure there will be plenty of zombie moments, thinking, "Why am I doing this?" but I bet they are offset with moments on the road that happen once in your life - and the only way to experience them is to be out on the road for long hours.

[coops456]

I've just seen the road.cc article about his kit choices https://road.cc/content/feature/what-do-you-need-ride-london-edinburgh-london-295025

[pcolbeck]

35 and 38 seem to have gone a bit off piste.

[L CC]

Looks like the first few riders beat the Yad Moss closure

I thought it was mandatory route?

[Sergeant Pluck]

78 seems to have taken a slight deviation just south of Alston.

[quixoticgeek]

The average speed on the tracker, is that including stops?

J

[L CC]

The average speed on the tracker, is that including stops?

J

Yes. Front runner is 832km @ 24.1 = 34 hours = Sunday 05:30 start.

[grams]

Looks like the first few riders beat the Yad Moss closure

I thought it was mandatory route?

When the diversion was announced it was also stated there would be no secret control on the section. A very blind eye is being turned.

[LittleWheelsandBig]

…while continuous tracking is publicly visible. Move along, nothing to see here…

[toontra]

Has Phil Whitehurst packed?  Showing as being at Hessle control since 11.20.

[JonBuoy]

Has Phil Whitehurst packed?  Showing as being at Hessle control since 11.20.

Yep

[toontra]

Has Phil Whitehurst packed?  Showing as being at Hessle control since 11.20.

Yep

Maybe the hot weather did for him?  He mentioned that was his worst-case scenario.

On LEL 2013 I suffered from hyperthermia & was a shivering wreck at the Hessle (or thereabouts) control.  They were reluctant to allow me to continue.  I slept for a few hours, was checked and released.  First and only time I've overheated that badly. 

I put it down to being in a fast group and not wanting to stop and remove layers. It was extremely unpleasant.  Can only compare it with the time I had septicaemia and the whole body felt like it was burning up from the inside 

[MikeFromLFE]

Here in Boston we've had a guy who had overheated yesterday and had to see a doctor. He's headed back towards home now.
We've also got a Brazilian rider who seems to have crashed* and hurt his hip, who is suffering with it being too cold and is wrapped in blankets. He's waiting for his pal heading south who's got a support van.
No pleasing some cyclists!

With the temperature forecast for Thursday the riders are likely to be needing to drink a lot.

*language difficulties

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[Von Broad]

Your eye is naturally drawn to the leaders and Matt Page is clearly a machine.

Indeedy so. Quite incredible.
But.....will he be caught by De Jong, Anco?
My money says he will.

[Mr Larrington]

Anco came into Hessle with one or other riders, with another 5 minutes behind.  “You’re only five minutes behind Anco!” we said.

“Yes,” he replied, “the five minutes I spent being sick inna hedge from trying to keep up with him!”

They’re all mad, you know.

[JBB]

Your eye is naturally drawn to the leaders and Matt Page is clearly a machine.

Indeedy so. Quite incredible.
But.....will he be caught by De Jong, Anco?
My money says he will.

He has, Mathew is here at Brampton and is sleeping. Suffering from the heat and unable to keep anything down.

[quixoticgeek]

Is there a minimum time limit for LEL? And so those at the pointy end know ?

J

[LittleWheelsandBig]

30 km/hr max.

[Fidgetbuzz]

Yes audax speed max 30kph. so 51 hour 20.

[Fidgetbuzz]

Looks like the first few riders beat the Yad Moss closure

I thought it was mandatory route?

Danial said if you get there before the road is closed ..then ride it . This was partly in jest before working out that a few riders could do that

[D.A.L.E.]

Couple of interesting routes being taken this evening.

[Gattopardo]

Watching the trackers and thinking these guys are faster than me on a motorbike.