Author Topic: TCR No 10 (Read 12357 times)

quixoticgeek · « **Reply #100 on:** 30 July, 2024, 06:53:55 pm »

Looks like we have a winner.

J

Von Broad · « **Reply #101 on:** 30 July, 2024, 07:05:20 pm »

Really extraordinary,,,congratulations to him....quite remarkable achievement.....the consistency to keep plugging away day after day....
when you've done a few shorter rides, you get an idea of what this must be like, although I can only imagine....and I've found the whole thing really fascinating......
8 days, 23hrs and 59s....

i can smell the beer from here...
meanwhile further back....CP2 is due to close tonight [I think]...so it's a very different kind of race for them, and one I'm much more familiar with.

Pickled Onion · « **Reply #102 on:** 30 July, 2024, 07:13:17 pm »

It's bonkers. He was on his bike for 19.5 hours a day, with an average distance of 450 km a day.

quixoticgeek · « **Reply #103 on:** 30 July, 2024, 08:39:34 pm »

Quote from: Von Broad on 30 July, 2024, 07:05:20 pm

Really extraordinary,,,congratulations to him....quite remarkable achievement.....the consistency to keep plugging away day after day....
when you've done a few shorter rides, you get an idea of what this must be like, although I can only imagine....and I've found the whole thing really fascinating......
8 days, 23hrs and 59s....
i can smell the beer from here...
meanwhile further back....CP2 is due to close tonight [I think]...so it's a very different kind of race for them, and one I'm much more familiar with.

CP2 closed last night.

J

Von Broad · « **Reply #104 on:** 30 July, 2024, 09:48:58 pm »

So.....after the race proper has finished [say first X or so?], it then becomes a race against the clock for the majority to finish within the time [16 days or whatever that is]....and this is where the majority of riders will find themselves. So you need to be averaging roughly say 11km per hour and above, and generally speaking average speed drops the longer the race goes on [see the top riders!], so the question must start to loom large, how long do riders keep going once they start to fall behind that key level knowing they'll be out of time and the final control [or just the next control for that matter] will have closed and everybody could well have packed and gone home? Obviously it varies depending on how you feel about it all, and what you want to achieve. The scale is on another level compared to anything I've ever done, and you're so far from home, I'm trying to imagine how you might look at that.....it's like - you start an event....then, unfortunately find yourself out of time half way round.....and in the middle of nowhere.....and a long way from home! So do riders have to scratch? Of course not. Carry right on down to Istanbul and make a holiday of it if you want too. But the event's finished as such, and I can't imagine some of those parcours feel like a bunch of laughs when you're not going to get validated. I guess the answer is - you work it out as you go along.

The song 'Stranded' by Roxy Music comes to mind

Strikes me this is a teethgrinder kind of a ride. Has he done it?

quixoticgeek · « **Reply #105 on:** 30 July, 2024, 10:22:36 pm »

Well if you make it by the cut off time for each control and the finish you are awarded a place in the general classification and are classed as a finisher.

If you miss any check point closing time, or finish over time, but still finish. Then you are classed as a finisher. Being a TCR finisher is still an amazing achievement.

J

quixoticgeek · « **Reply #106 on:** 31 July, 2024, 12:12:10 am »

Christoph has finished.

J

Lightning Phil · « **Reply #107 on:** 31 July, 2024, 05:43:39 pm »

Mark K is about 5 hours out from the ferry crossing. Jana about 30 hours out from finishing.

Pickled Onion · « **Reply #108 on:** 31 July, 2024, 07:04:17 pm »

There have been a couple who made it to Turkey (10th & 11th at last CP) and then had to scratch. That must be gutting.

Lightning Phil · « **Reply #109 on:** 31 July, 2024, 07:48:50 pm »

Isn’t in the bag till at finish

Von Broad · « **Reply #110 on:** 01 August, 2024, 07:50:10 am »

I've been trying to find the CP closing times.......elucidate anybody?

JonB · « **Reply #111 on:** 01 August, 2024, 08:29:35 am »

Quote from: Von Broad on 01 August, 2024, 07:50:10 am

I've been trying to find the CP closing times.......elucidate anybody?

I struggled to find these but then realised they're on the main dot watching page https://www.lostdot.cc/race/tcrno10, you just have to scroll down below the map (I've pasted below)

START // ROUBAIX, FRANCE
STARTS 20:00 CEST
‍
CP1 // MANGARTSKO SEDLO, SLOVENIA
CLOSES 26 JULY 23:59CEST
‍
CP2 // BJELAŠNICA, BOSNIA
CLOSES 29 JULY 23:59CEST
‍
CP3 // PREVALLË, KOSOVO
CLOSES 31 JULY 18:00CEST
‍
CP4 // ÇANAKKALE, TÜRKIYE
CLOSES 3 AUGUST 23:59CEST
‍
FINISH // ISTANBUL, TÜRKIYE
GC CUT-OFF 6 AUGUST 23:59CEST

Von Broad · « **Reply #112 on:** 01 August, 2024, 12:38:40 pm »

thanks, been looking for days!

Lightning Phil · « **Reply #113 on:** 01 August, 2024, 06:54:55 pm »

Jana on finish parcours and will come in 13th if she holds her position.

Lightning Phil · « **Reply #114 on:** 03 August, 2024, 03:27:05 pm »

Mark finished.Well done.

JonBuoy · « **Reply #115 on:** 04 August, 2024, 09:03:56 am »

After yesterday's CP4 cut-off there are only 131 out of the original 284 Solo riders still within the time limits. There are also 7 of the original 21 Pairs.

Von Broad · « **Reply #116 on:** 04 August, 2024, 12:34:50 pm »

There are 284 stories within the single story and no more extraordinary than Victor Bosoni [232]. As already mentioned up thread, he rode the Alps not once but three times to retrieve a forgotten passport. He arrived at the finish after the extra 550km in the top 30. Inspiration on turbo or what.

Lightning Phil · « **Reply #117 on:** 04 August, 2024, 01:57:14 pm »

Anna Linden made the Canakkale control with 18 mins to spare. Ferry jeopardy as well as she took one closest to control. Perfect pacing…

Lightning Phil · « **Reply #118 on:** 04 August, 2024, 04:14:42 pm »

“ After 12 days 14 hours and 56 minutes Mark Kowalski (243) dropped to his knee and proposed to his girlfriend Myrna at the Finish Line. A zip-tie ring, an elated Mark, and a very memorable way to commemorate his second TCR. ”

Congrats Mark.

Von Broad · « **Reply #119 on:** 04 August, 2024, 09:29:07 pm »

Quote from: Lightning Phil on 04 August, 2024, 04:14:42 pm

“ After 12 days 14 hours and 56 minutes Mark Kowalski (243) dropped to his knee and proposed to his girlfriend Myrna at the Finish Line.
Congrats Mark.

Indeed.

those photographers get everywhere

https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63ee6ea8bfad7f3aea16831b/66ae3cbf476e3cae68aa8528_66ae3a815f98059075324d4e_TM_cap243_finish_Istambul.jpeg

Salvatore · « **Reply #120 on:** 16 August, 2024, 10:59:57 am »

A video from Mikko Mäkipää https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-pCUpNv0-w

Von Broad · « **Reply #121 on:** 16 August, 2024, 09:17:39 pm »

Quote from: Salvatore on 16 August, 2024, 10:59:57 am

A video from Mikko Mäkipää https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-pCUpNv0-w

Oh.....just amazing scenery.....always best to ride this in daylight hours....
I have only three words......recumbent trike

thanks for posting Salvatore.......

Von Broad · « **Reply #122 on:** 17 August, 2024, 08:01:13 am »

Big shout out to Norman Lomax, 229, last dot standing, who rolled over the finish line yesterday after 26 days.
I'd very much like to see an account of his ride.
He was the oldest rider to complete the event, 67.
Chapeau.

Pickled Onion · « **Reply #123 on:** 17 August, 2024, 05:54:10 pm »

I’ve been watching his dot with fascination I did not realise he was that age! Stunning achievement.

I am also currently sitting at the top of the Vrsic Pass (inspired by the route) and I can say the climb was absolutely brutal. The view is stunning though.

quixoticgeek · « **Reply #124 on:** 17 August, 2024, 11:05:40 pm »

Isn't Romy Berntsen the last rider moving?

J