The Transcontinental Race 2013

[Aperitif]

Any thoughts on the 'first' person to arrive? K. Allegaert, just in time for tea on the terrace, Sunday evening.

Or Monday morning.

 

[frank9755]

Ed Pickup and Matthew Wilkins are going well today. MW has dropped poor Rimas to the tune of about 100km, most of it this morning. That kind of break is going to take a bit of bringing back, as they say! And Ed looks set for Zagreb in the morning.

I get the feeling that Mr. Allegaert was only able to take one week off work for this!

 

[Aperitif]

Some figures. Looking at four five of the competitors hovering around Slovenia, Croatia etc, and looking at their 'distance to next checkpoint' figures (ie: the finish) I see:
Go RG 1308.69kms
......RD 1027.73
......MW 1229.10
......EP 1238.57
......JJ 1261.19
Hmmm. I'm not getting the visuals to match the numbers. I'm dense. Pls explain.

 

[Aperitif]

Ed Pickup and Matthew Wilkins are going well today. MW has dropped poor Rimas to the tune of about 100km, most of it this morning. That kind of break is going to take a bit of bringing back, as they say! And Ed looks set for Zagreb in the morning.

I get the feeling that Mr. Allegaert was only able to take one week off work for this!

No, no - he still goes to work during the day, Frank.

 

[frank9755]

Some figures. Looking at four five of the competitors hovering around Slovenia, Croatia etc, and looking at their 'distance to next checkpoint' figures (ie: the finish) I see:
Go RG 1308.69kms
......RD 1027.73
......MW 1229.10
......EP 1238.57
......JJ 1261.19
Hmmm. I'm not getting the visuals to match the numbers. I'm dense. Pls explain.

I get very similar figures (20 mins later). Looking at the map view http://trackleaders.com/transconrace13 they seem ok to me.
MW is a bit ahead of the other three, then EP, with JJ 20-odd km back and Rimas 120 or so behind MW.
What's the issue?

I've just done this, which suggests EP will have 60-odd km less distance in total than MW. But they don't know which way he is going, so it might change.

Rider....... EP.... JJ...... MW... RG
Km done 1520 1533 1601 1500
Km to go 1236 1261 1221 1305
Total km 2756 2794 2822 2805

 

[Aperitif]

What's the issue?

My visualisation. Compare the positioning of RG and JJ for example - JJ is 45kms ahead of GoRimas. MW is 80kms ahead of GoRimas...just looks odd to me.

http://trackleaders.com/transconrace13

 

[rich p]

Hmmm. . I'm dense. Pls explain.

I think I can help, Mart. You are very stupid and your brain cells are diminishing at a rapid rate.
Next patient, nurse.

 

[Aperitif]

I think I can help, Mart. You are very stupid and your brain cells are diminishing at a rapid rate.
Next patient, nurse.

Will that be £50 again this time doc?
Actually, by playing dense, I thought I was on a 'get rich quick' scam. Oh well. "Harveys please nurse." unlike my 'advisor' who always nurses his Harveys.
(Don't worry everyone...except Rimas. )
Go Rimas!

 

[rich p]

Tee(f) hee!
Is it possible that Rimas has had a mechanical? Or a sleep?

 

[MichaelO]

Or a sleep?

SACRILEGE!!

 

[srw]

Here is the bike cooking thread, it was on YACF

https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=64970.0

Please tell me he's got another bike he's using for this.

I remember Rimas riding on the ill-fated Emsworth FNRttC last year on that bike - I was gobsmacked how fast he could pedal something I'd hesitate to use for a 10-mile commute.

 

[HaloJ]

Great race report from earlier.......

http://reportage.transcontinentalrace.com/?p=475

 

[StuAff]

Please tell me he's got another bike he's using for this.

I remember Rimas riding on the ill-fated Emsworth FNRttC last year on that bike - I was gobsmacked how fast he could pedal something I'd hesitate to use for a 10-mile commute.

Yes, he's on his carbon Fuji. Single 42t chainring (!).

 

[Aperitif]

There's some serious stuff going on with Mikko, Anton and Chris..at 01:30 BST. Bash through Italy and nab a ferry perhaps? Is that allowed?

 

[rich p]

Reading the report that HaloJ linked to, there are 2 poor buggers who descended the Stelvio from the wrong side, so to stay in the race, they would have needed to descend and re-climb it!!!!!!!