Transcontinental 2016

[Aperitif]

Don't forget your lucky buff, Frank...

 

[Aperitif]

Kristof Allegaert is pootling his way to the start... He was a big rider in Rimas' year. Frank is still on the train at Ebbsfleet.
Not.
Good luck all.

 

[velovoice]

Emily is officially off, heading in roughly the right direction. Frank's tracker says 'active' with 19 minutes on the clock but all he's done is a loop around the city?

 

[MiK1138]

I think they do a loop as a group before going thier seperate ways

 

[velovoice]

I think they do a loop as a group before going thier seperate ways

Hmmm, not too sure about that. You can see the route each rider takes, the moment their tracker is switched on and the clock is running. Emily's report last year did not mention any kind of group ride, other than the coincidental crush of a lot of riders heading out of town at the same time, heading in the same general direction.

 

[Hill Wimp]

One of the organisers in the video Frank posted said they lead them on a loop round the town.

He looks to be moving OK now.

 

[Aperitif]

Frank's tracker is 12.5 miles headed toward Clermont-Ferrand and checkpoint 1. "Eek!" ( I have puffed up a few slopes over yonder - tiny by comparison to what they will encounter! )
Probably more now...
http://trackleaders.com/transconrace16i.php?name=Frank_Proud

And Christophe's local knowledge has got him in front of Frank - fater pace but 'straighter'.

It's only a bike ride...

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Just to the east of the start point there's a commune of Silly. They should have started there.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Got their own brewery too....

 

[Aperitif]

Christophe has hit the border at Bois Bourdon...maniac!

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Christophe has hit the border at Bois Bourdon...maniac!

And Geoffroy Dussault appears to be in a bit of a rush. He's consistently doing 30kph+.

 

[steveindenmark]

A set of the pairs seem to have gone in the opposite direction to what they should have.

 

[Aperitif]

And Geoffroy Dussault appears to be in a bit of a rush. He's consistently doing 30kph+.

It takes all Saults... 36kph - nutcase!
My son's in Croatia already...been there nearly two weeks...

 

[Aperitif]

Kristoff "Robot" Allegaert and Geoffroy "Assault" Dussault are eating the Kms. and Frank is heading through the forest, on his way to a Crépy breakfast perhaps?

 

[steveindenmark]

I am finding the tracking system complicated in places again. Did some of these riders turn up at he start line and go back to bed? I have a guy called Sweenie just setting off but cannot find him on the map or see him on the list. I am sue it will sort itself out during the day.

Frank is going along steadily. After watching this last year and seeing that film, it looks like putting yourself out front at such an early stage just adds more pressure to a difficult job.

Can this be made into a sticky for the duration?