Author Topic: Transcontinental 2016  (Read 62013 times)

Re: Transcontinental 2016
« Reply #225 on: 09 August, 2016, 02:58:18 pm »
Ultan still in the lead according to latest tracker. 6km to go...

citoyen

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Re: Transcontinental 2016
« Reply #226 on: 09 August, 2016, 03:10:33 pm »
Both appear to be waiting for the ferry in Eceabat now.
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Re: Transcontinental 2016
« Reply #227 on: 09 August, 2016, 03:53:25 pm »
It looks as if she's heading for Greece now!

I'm trying to guess whether she'll go north or south of Lakes Ohird and Prespa.  South may be slightly less mountainy, but is probably a bit further.
Actually, it is rocket science.
 

citoyen

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Re: Transcontinental 2016
« Reply #228 on: 09 August, 2016, 03:57:49 pm »
Ultan and Nelson get the same finishing time.
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Re: Transcontinental 2016
« Reply #229 on: 09 August, 2016, 06:56:12 pm »
It looks as if she's heading for Greece now!

I'm trying to guess whether she'll go north or south of Lakes Ohird and Prespa.  South may be slightly less mountainy, but is probably a bit further.
Maybe between the two? If she goes south of both, she will be in Greece!
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Re: Transcontinental 2016
« Reply #230 on: 09 August, 2016, 07:37:32 pm »
Who are the contenders in the womens race?

As far as I can see from the leaderboard, Emily Chappell was the first woman through CP4 - a couple of hours ahead of yacf's Frank. Trackleaders is showing Emily as being 548km from the finish, with an ETA of Thursday evening around 7pm.

Charlotte Dequevauviller came through CP4 17 hours after Emily. Don't think any other women have reached CP4 yet unless there are one or two I've missed on the leaderboard.
I think Johanna (141) is well up there (CP4 2 hours ago -ish).

There was a ... "lively"* discussion, involving Mike Hall, a few days ago about making the gurrrls' dots pink. Which would clearly make the race-within-the-race more visible. For good or bad - discuss!


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Re: Transcontinental 2016
« Reply #231 on: 09 August, 2016, 08:44:40 pm »
I've (quite by chance) been touring the opposite way up a section of the route, so I've made a couple of forumite spotting.

Yesterday : Hippy, in Kosovo
Today: Frank, in Montenegro

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Re: Transcontinental 2016
« Reply #232 on: 09 August, 2016, 09:50:45 pm »
One of my mates was doing a ride recce for the TorTour last week (nutter) and said he saw about a dozen riders with strange bike packing gear in Interlarken and there about.
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Re: Transcontinental 2016
« Reply #233 on: 10 August, 2016, 01:21:44 am »
Just cyclists larken about.

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Re: Transcontinental 2016
« Reply #234 on: 10 August, 2016, 12:48:27 pm »
Does anyone know why Peter Sandholt appears in 156th place with 2063k to go on FRRT.com but is marked down as finished ?

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Re: Transcontinental 2016
« Reply #235 on: 10 August, 2016, 05:49:15 pm »
Temporary GPS Glitch?

Incidentally the IvanScience is projecting everyone's route to Canakkale through Edirne (probably using Google-walking) which for the coastal route riders is adding on ~155km to their Estimated DTF.
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Re: Transcontinental 2016
« Reply #236 on: 10 August, 2016, 08:54:11 pm »
There was a ... "lively"* discussion

Where?

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Re: Transcontinental 2016
« Reply #237 on: 10 August, 2016, 09:39:57 pm »
congratulations hippy on finishing, what an entertaining ride (on this side of the screen at least!), half a distance of the trans-am (is it still on ;) )

keep going Frank, just a bit of greece and a corner of turkey left!

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Re: Transcontinental 2016
« Reply #238 on: 10 August, 2016, 09:41:55 pm »
Yep. Massive hats off to hippy for the most amount of tweets ever sent during a bike race.

A top ride.
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Re: Transcontinental 2016
« Reply #239 on: 10 August, 2016, 09:45:35 pm »
It looks as if she's heading for Greece now!
I'm trying to guess whether she'll go north or south of Lakes Ohird and Prespa.  South may be slightly less mountainy, but is probably a bit further.
Maybe between the two? If she goes south of both, she will be in Greece!
So, she went North of both of them, and then straight(ish) across to Thessaloniki, which seemed the logical route.

I suppose that she'll now have to more or less follow the Control Car's route, up towards Kavala, and merge into the same route that almost everyone else has taken to the finish.

She still appears to be well in the lead as the first female finisher.  I think Jayne Wadsworth (assuming that's another female rider!) is her nearest competitor, and she appears to be about 2½ countries behind Emily at the moment.
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Re: Transcontinental 2016
« Reply #240 on: 10 August, 2016, 09:48:55 pm »
Yep. Massive hats off to hippy for the most amount of tweets ever sent during a bike race.

A top ride.

Johanna has an impressive amount of Facebook posts and is still on the road.

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Re: Transcontinental 2016
« Reply #241 on: 10 August, 2016, 10:54:11 pm »
Jayne is 3rd woman on the road I think. Now she's got her tracker fixed as well.
Well done hippy. Entertaining as well as a massive ride.
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Re: Transcontinental 2016
« Reply #242 on: 11 August, 2016, 09:40:58 am »
Emily and Frank to finish today?
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rob

Re: Transcontinental 2016
« Reply #243 on: 11 August, 2016, 09:46:56 am »
Emily and Frank to finish today?

Frank's wife has been posting updates on Facebook.   Last couple of days have been a bit tough and he now expects to finish on Friday.

Re: Transcontinental 2016
« Reply #244 on: 11 August, 2016, 01:28:35 pm »
Top ride Hippy.
Hope to meet you next year if me and the Mud Puppy get a slot.
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Re: Transcontinental 2016
« Reply #245 on: 11 August, 2016, 01:41:02 pm »
How frequently does the ferry run? Frequently enough that it's not a factor or do riders end up waiting till the next day?
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citoyen

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Re: Transcontinental 2016
« Reply #246 on: 11 August, 2016, 02:24:18 pm »
How frequently does the ferry run? Frequently enough that it's not a factor or do riders end up waiting till the next day?

Seems to be quite frequent and round the clock. I googled for the timetable the other day and found some info here: http://www.canakkaletravel.com/feribot.htm
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Re: Transcontinental 2016
« Reply #247 on: 11 August, 2016, 02:35:39 pm »
The shorter ferry from Kilitbahir doesn't seem to run as frequently/late at night as the Eceabat ferry, and only a couple of people have taken the Gallipoli ferry which looks like a shorter route.

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Re: Transcontinental 2016
« Reply #248 on: 11 August, 2016, 02:36:55 pm »
I wish we had buses and trains that regular!
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Re: Transcontinental 2016
« Reply #249 on: 11 August, 2016, 08:48:35 pm »
Emily Chappell reckons she has about 100 miles to go and seems to be feeling tired, so I'd guess at an early morning finish, before dawn at best.