Transcontinental

poochiem

The Transcontinental is on at the moment. You can follow the race here: http://www.transcontinental.cc/
It's a race from Belgium to Turkey, you ride unassisted, and there are just four checkpoints. Otherwise the route is up to each rider, no accommodation or meals provided.

You can get an insight from the instagram hashtag and some of the riders have their blogs linked https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/tcrno4/

It looks deadly.

TheBlaaMan

And if you have an hour or so to spare, here is a docu on last years race. The story of guy who starts suffering with Shermers Neck is scary....

https://vimeo.com/176424978

Koobcam

TheBlaaMan wrote: »

And if you have an hour or so to spare, here is a docu on last years race. The story of guy who starts suffering with Shermers Neck is scary....

https://vimeo.com/176424978

I watched that yesterday afternoon, the day after finishing the Celtic Knot 1000km audax. It was painful viewing. It's really kind of unbelievable that people can ride for nine days straight with hardly any sleep. There was another documentary I saw about the RAAM, where a guy with neck problems, similar to the guy in the Transcontinental, made a special neck brace to hold his head in place. Mad stuff

TheBlaaMan

Ultan Coyle from Drogheda is going well in this. He is on or very close to the top 10 (200+ starters) approx half-way through.

Tracking here http://trackleaders.com/transconrace16

dastardly00

Kristof Allegaert is a country mile ahead of every one. Like literally a country ahead...(Croatia)