Yet Another Cycling Forum
General Category => Freewheeling => Racing => Topic started by: Jack_P on 04 June, 2019, 04:38:37 pm
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On Thursday the 6th June the 5th year of this event gets under way, This year two Audax legends Lee Killestein and Steven Abraham are dipping their toes into the multiday self supported waters. Alaina Beacall who writes in arivee magazine is here to, and Anisa Aubin and Ede Harrison are strong ladies too.
Are you following anybody
Current favorite is Jason Black from Ireland is a super fast rider used to semi-supported events.
Watch the dots here.
http://trackleaders.com/transatlantic19
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Not really studied this but the tracker looks like they start from Dublin and the ride North to join the TAW official route and ride South to Cork ?
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It's a free route from Dublin to Derry. So riders are free to choose their own routes but not allowed on certain roads deemed too dangerous. In Derry they get their first stamp then follow a mandatory route down the Wild Atlantic Way to Kinsale. From Kinsale it's a short ride to Cork and the finish.
Last year Adrian introduced a mandatory three hour stop per 24 hours. But I don't think it applies for the first 48 hours.
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A guy I ride with, Dan Harty, is doing it. He's currently 5/ 6th (riding with someone else it would appear) at the moment. Long way still to go though...
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Ah, now I understand why a rider called Felix Smith has had some publicity on Bike sites
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Is that Teethgrinder I see in the top 10?
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Is that Teethgrinder I see in the top 10?
Yeah. I suspect he will do rather well.
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Hi, I'm on the tram at CP2 and the finish so will hopefully provide insights to the YACF guys I know, Steve, Lee Killestienand Mark Smith among others, any personal messages for them.
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I see CP2 is in the middle of one of my favourite sections along the route. Just say, hope they are enjoying some of the best landscapes I ever cycled through back in 2016, and I hope their necks are doing better than mine did in the end. I plan to be doing the WAWA again next year, so also tell them not to wear the road out...
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Is that Teethgrinder I see in the top 10?
Yeah. I suspect he will do rather well.
He's just warming up for the Mersey
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My clubmate Matt Seward appears to be currently in fifth place. (He rode with Steve a few times during his record attempt - suspect he fancies having a go at that himself some time.)
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Lead riders will hit Achill Island today. I got confused by the loops on WAWA 16 and managed to miss one. I got the news after fighting the headwind for a couple of hours to get back to a control. I had to go back out to do the second loop and return in the winds again. Luckily Eamon and David drove me back out where I'd gone wrong. But it did cost a fair amount of time. I wasn't the only one to make that mistake. Hopefully the TAW riders have split their tracks to make it easier to ensure all the loops are covered.
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looks like the weather has been kind. Some beautiful photos of the race appearing on instagram etc.
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Thanks for the link to the tracker....many hours of dot watching fun!
Talking about fun, Bike Radar have a rider in the event who talks about his bike set up etc here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmyZvO35KPI Its quite funny..... looking at the tracker, he seems well outclassed by some of the riders!
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My clubmate Matt Seward appears to be currently in fifth place. (He rode with Steve a few times during his record attempt - suspect he fancies having a go at that himself some time.)
Matt is doing very well and has moved into third place. Mind third to fifth are very closely spaced and likely in sight of each other at times. First and second have a clear lead of the rest at the moment. Steve is currently in a very respectable seventh.
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Steve up into 6th place. Not too far behind 5th Place rider.
If there’s one thing he understands, it’s pacing.
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Steve has sneaked into 5th place. Coming up on Clifden which is a reasonably sized place for resupply with a supermarket and several cafes / restaurants / bars. It's relatively flat / rolling terrain till after Galway.
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We all know this is not a race don't we? ;)
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Lee Killestein is at 942km, a little bit off the route for a rest / sleep. Think he is at the Yellow Rose B&B, very nice.
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Teethgrinder in good spirits yesterday and loving the route. Had a shower here (CP2 Killary Fjord) and a good feed then was keen to keep on to make sure of reaching the ferry mid day today.
Paul Buckley is suffering with a swollen throat and possibly some heat stroke, but is forging on.
Matt Seward in an AUK shirt is looking very strong also, 4th on the road.
The weather has been stunning here for 2 days, but as usual their are many retirements from the dreaded "Irish Interval" knee, the constant rollers in places taking their toll.
use the hashtag #transatlanticway in FB and Instagram and twitter for plenty of stunning images as we have 2 media cars chasing them around.
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Today, the lead riders will hit Conor pass the highest in Ireland then down to the Dingle Peninsula. Quite touristy with a few buses about. It was blowing a hoolie last time I was there.
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Steve into 4th and Ede climbing the ranks into eighth. I met her during TCR last year. Tiny slip of a thing, super tough.
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Unfortunately our then leader Rob Webb was taken out by a car on the dingle Peninsula, he is perfectly OK but obviously devastated, his bike snapped and there is no chance of continuing. :'(
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Unfortunately our then leader Rob Webb was taken out by a car on the dingle Peninsula, he is perfectly OK but obviously devastated, his bike snapped and there is no chance of continuing. :'(
Oh no! I guess that would explain why his trackpoint was greyed out when I was looking earlier.
Good to hear he is unhurt at least.
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Teethgrinder now up to 3rd.
#notarace
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Bugger for Rob. Hope he's not too sore.
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Dan Harty is almost inside the last 400km. Matt Seward is 35km behind him, and TG is another 30km back, then another 30km to Martin Haubold. Pretty small margins over that kind of distance. Incredibly impressive riding by all of them.
Andrew Waddington is inside the last 300km but is doing the shorter route, cutting out all the coastal loops. He's not far behind Dan on the road but has ridden about 500km less. Still an impressive feat of endurance.
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Looking at the stats (and assuming they are accurate) Mat and Steve have stopped for nearly twice as long as Dan. He's on the home stretch with a big lead but has he banked enough sleep to crack on to the end or is their a twist in the tale of the race?
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Looking at the stats (and assuming they are accurate) Mat and Steve have stopped for nearly twice as long as Dan. He's on the home stretch with a big lead but has he banked enough sleep to crack on to the end or is their a twist in the tale of the race?
Didn't I read something about an enforced 3hr stop every 24 ?
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They’re allowed two 24 hour periods where they skip that.
The speed vs time graphs don’t always show stops as zero speed throughout, but rather a diagonal line dropping to zero only at the end - you can see one in Dan’s at the 110 hour mark that’s very likely a multi hour stop.
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Possibility of Dan and Steve passing each other on the road as Dan returns from the Lambs Head headland they are currently heading out to.
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Less than 5km between the front two. This is going down to the wire.
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Lee has stopped in Tarbet after getting an evening crossing from Kilrush. Wise as other than Tralee there's not a lot till over Conor pass into Dingle. He's gone the B&B route rather than bivvy.
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Teethgrinder firmly in third place. Looks like the front 2 are a bit far away now.
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Dan, currently in first place, is suffering badly from Shermer's Neck. He seems to think it might not happen for him. He's only about a hundred km from the finish too.
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Dan has removed himself from the race. He only had 20km to go.
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Dan has removed himself from the race. He only had 20km to go.
Oh that is really sad. Well tried.
Hope Dan rests up and is back doing his thing in due course.
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Thats heart breaking.
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I had to stop on the Wild Atlantic Way Audax in 2016 due to Shermer's neck. I was about 100km from the finish; it is heartbreaking at the time. But time and distance heals even if unfinished business lingers. Good luck in his recovery.
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Matt finished, Steve not too far out.
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Steve has finished, both looking pretty good, photos up soon
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Dan has removed himself from the race. He only had 20km to go.
That’s really rotten luck. Hope he recovers soon.
Well done Matt and Steve though.
Matt’s achievement is all the more remarkable considering what a relative latecomer he is to cycling.
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It was 70km to go.
Steve finishing. https://www.facebook.com/1036426549745065/posts/2231345126919862/?sfnsn=mo
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Watched the video, Steve almost packing 10 feet from the finish.
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Whole bunch of riders will be finishing tonight, including Lee Killestein. Final keg for them with major hills out of the way.
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What is the background behind the comment on the website for 2020:
"We’re not a race any more.
What does that mean ?
I’ve no idea but probably not that much."
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Listen to this podcast and Adrian explains why it is no longer a race.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2gPUPJdhxqv3a2w0JRLx2K
It is also in iTunes etc.
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Listen to this podcast and Adrian explains why it is no longer a race.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2gPUPJdhxqv3a2w0JRLx2K
It is also in iTunes etc.
Amazing - thank you
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Listen to this podcast and Adrian explains why it is no longer a race.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2gPUPJdhxqv3a2w0JRLx2K
It is also in iTunes etc.
Amazing - thank you
Sad, interesting. Hopefully it makes a difference to safety.