TOUR DIVIDE 2023 DAY15 UPDATE: ULRICH BARTHOLMOES WINS TOUR DIVIDE!
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
- Welcome to my daily coverage of the 2023 Tour Divide. The Tour Divide is a 2700mile bikepacking race traversing the length of the USA. The Tour Divide starts in Banff, Canada and finishes at Antelope Wells on the USA/Mexico border.
The record for bikepacking the Tour Divide is help by the late Mike Hall and is 13 days 22hours and 51minutes set in 2016.
Lael Wilcox currently holds the women's Tour Divide record with a time of 15 days 10 hours 59 minutes.
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It's so exciting! My buddy just cleared Salida and I'm on pins and needles.. watching his weather, checking his tracker, looking at terrain ahead... So funny how engaging this racing is from so far away.
**F1's got nothing on mid-pack TD watching.
This has been a real education, Josh. Top Job.
I'm gonna miss these when you go racing, it's a morning ritual along with the coffee here in the Southern Rockies.
Your coverage has been brilliant Josh. A real picture of the race. Thank you 😊 I’ve been on holiday for two weeks so enjoyed your updates without pressure. Good luck for PCR…. I’ll be cheering your dot! 💪🏽🚴🏿♂️👏🏾
Thanks for continuing these. I'm sure they started as a bit of a lark, but you have improved every single day and have done a terrific job. I had a thought about how to add a bit of extra context and interest over the next few days - a lot of riders tie themselves to a cause that you could give a15 second mention of. I'm sure they would appreciate it.
Looking forward to more.
Thanks
Thanks Josh !
Good luck and have a great time with your own race.
thanks josh it has been a pleasure watching this series
Coverage has been great, so glad you’re also doing TCR 👏👍
With deepest gratitude 🙏❤️🙏 what a blast living vicariously through the riders, from the slowest to the victor ULRICH 🎉🎉🎉 woaaaah! 1.5 I'm to tyre failure 😮 go the skeleton.
Keep on keeping on mate 🏆🦘
Thanks for the coverage, Josh. Very informative. Looking forward to TCR.
Fantastic updates, thanks Josh👍
Great coverage of TD! Love it!
Awesome coverage Josh, thanks again! Joe Nation must be in by now (8am New Zealand time) in (drum roll!) 3rd place!! Feeling very proud! 😊
Good luck on your race Josh!
If you look at the high-resolution photos on that finishing straight on @BikePacking, you can see Ulrich’s rear tire is soft! Amazingly durable!
wow - what an achievement ... now i have watched todays coverage i can go out for my own training ride.
It’s been great to catch these updates before work. Looking forward to the transcontinental coverage. Thanks
Thanks Josh, amazing coverage!!!
THANK YOU for the best coverage to come to bikepacking yet, and indeed among any cycling discipline! Looking forward to your race, and the Continental Divide coverage! Will you be covering the Silk Road Mountain Race in August? We were at the finish line last year in Bishkek for some of the riders, absolutely incredible, and had a family member from Kazakhstan come in 17th overall, I believe 12th in solo men.
I won’t be covering the Silk Road , however I will be there racing so hopefully can bring some pre and post race coverage
I been watching all of these really enjoyed watching thanks for sharing. And good luck on your race.
Thanks Josh
Cheers Josh, I'm online from 8:30am waiting for these to drop. Thanks for all the work you've put in, the coverage has been great. Can we dot watch the Pan Celtic?
Great work, my dude. Would love to see this for future ultra events!
Thank you for the update.
flippin awesome
^ Cap 197, I'll see you in St. Malo =)
Thanks for all your coverage, Josh. Minor nitpicking question: someone noticed that Justinas actually missed a short section (maybe 1mi?) just before entering Hartsel, CO. The deviation is quite clear on his tracker. I'm curious - if that had been Ulrich do you think there would have been any grounds for an asterisk? How much deviation can be "forgiven" in an event like this? I know some people are quite particular about following "the rules" (the few rules that there are). Anyway, was fun to watch all your updates. I'd agree that the record certainly appears breakable if all the conditions go the right way. Maybe that will be you next year :-).
I’m refrained from comment for now until we something official…
I'm curious to know what helmet lamp mount Uba is using on his Kask. Can anyone help?
Ulrich should sell that rear tyre for some charitable cause. Intense bidding I think!
Pony express riders used to change mounts every 10 miles. One wonders whether some of the contestants this year would have been better off just getting a new bike in steamboat springs, with all the mechanical issues they've had. Assuming money was no object of course, and the rules permitted. Interesting race this year. Thanks.
What does the star next to the name mean? It is in the rider's "flag".
Thanks for the expert analysis. Really adds to the armchair dotwatcher's experience.
Huge Glückwunsch for Ulrich!! I have the Feeling your Hair gets shorter with every Video... In five Videos Theres No Hair anymore, No eyebrows, No beard, 😄 Joke... Thanks for keeping us updated 💪🏻🙏🏼🚴
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Are you doing a bike check for Pan Celtic?
Yes will have it live early next week
“…better start moving!” 😂