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morbihan:
Not technically a race...but a race.
Looks like a slim entry this year.
Live tracking here
https://ipwr24.maprogress.com

Mikes old live track is up as in the Tour Divide.
A  top echelon rider Omar Di Fellice at the front with Lloyd not far behind.
I remember Lloyd coming over the finish line of TCRno8 in good time and looking incredibly fresh.
He is very striking looking with loads of dreads and athletic physique. I think he was an ex pro AFU player. He rode fast and grabbed a hotel for good rest every night.
Gianluca another 2 x TCR vet is in the mix too. Very cool guy. A long time engineer for Greenpeace now retired. We met in a village bar on the Austrian/Czech border on TCRno6, then again at the finish. He never uses aero bars. :-0
Reports of heat and flies. No thanks!
Fancy another go Frank?

Frank9755:
No, I won't be going back.  I thought it was the scariest place I'd ever ridden, and it was at the time.  Much worse than TCR in 2016 and 2019.  However TCR in 2022, with its extensive exposure to the main roads of Eastern Europe, and Romania in particular, ran it fairly close.  And I haven't ridden in the US, which is probably similar, if not worse. 

Having the three closest passes I'd ever had - before I went to Romania - within an hour on a not very busy bit of road dampened my ardour for it all.  And, of course, Mike's death about three days later cast a heavy shadow across it. 

Having said that, riding across the desert was an amazing experience, and an enormous mental challenge.  That, with a bit of jet lag and tactical night-riding gave me the most vivid hallucinations that I have ever had.  Like the pig the size of the Soviet Union, the lattice cage covering the sky and the white lines being used for advertising space.  And it was great to meet lots of lovely people.  But I won't be going back!

Frank9755:
There's just been a post on facebook to say that another rider has been killed, with yet another seriously injured.

It's also in the news:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-21/eyre-highway-cyclist-fatal-dies-nullarbor/103617094

"A cyclist has died and another been rushed to hospital with serious injuries after being struck by vehicles in separate crashes on Western Australia's remote Eyre Highway.

A WA Police spokesperson said the first crash occurred near Madura, about 190km west of the WA-SA border, between 5:30-6:00am on Thursday.

The 62-year-old rider died at the scene.

Police are trying to confirm details of the other vehicle involved, which was also travelling east.


The second cyclist was hit near Fraser Range, 100km east of Norseman, just after 8am.

The male cyclist, aged in his 50s, was taken to Norseman Hospital by St John Ambulance, and has since been flown to Royal Perth Hospital due to the severity of his injuries.

He remained in a stable condition as of Thursday evening.

Police believe the vehicle may have been a truck travelling east along the highway.

Both crashes are under investigation, and anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers.

The Eyre Highway remains closed between Norseman and Mundrabilla.

The incident comes three years after a 21-year-old Adelaide man was killed while cycling across the Nullarbor.

He was hit by a drug-affected truck driver near Caiguna, with the driver eventually jailed for four years in 2022."

Lightning Phil:
Sad, rest in peace

morbihan:
Just horrible.
Gianni has pulled out, as I imagine will many others.

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