TD close to finish
Yes, another week behind us and the Tour Divide is nearing its finish. At least, for its leader Matthew Lee who is rapidly closing on Silver City. He should close it out some time tomorrow night. The battle for the second spot is still going on between Kurt Refsnider and the “Loveshack” tandem of Jay and Tracey Petervarys. Chris Plesko isn’t far behind in the fourth place and provided he finishes at his current pace he will shatter single-speed records for both, the Great Divide (held by Kent Peterson from GDR ‘05) and the Tour Divide (by Jen Hopkins; TD’08) races. After these guys, there is a main “peleton” of 8 with almost 3 days behind led by Joe Meiser.
Rather than re-iterate what’s been already posted over at the Tour Divide website, let me just provide you with links where you can get the complete scoop on the race:
Latest update on who’s still in and who’s out posted by AmyL on bikepacking.net: Tour Divide 2009 forums.
Tour Divide “official” race reports (by Kevin Montgomery and Mary Metcalf):
Outside Online Adventure Blog writeups (by Jon Billman):
- Tour Divide Race: Day 16, The Squid and the Whale
- Tour Divide Race: Day 15, Radio Free Divide
- Tour Divide Race: Day 14, The Mermaid
- Tour Divide Race: Day 13, Record Pace
- Tour Divide Race: Day 12, Unidentified Flying Rider
MTBCast podcasts (by Joe Polk):
- MTBCast: Episode Tour Divide 17!
- MTBCast: Episode Tour Divide 16 GDR 9!
- MTBCast: Episode Tour Divide 15 GDR 8!
- MTBCast: Episode Tour Divide 14!
- MTBCast: Episode Tour Divide 13 GDR 6!
- MTBCast: Episode Tour Divide 15 GDR 5!
- MTBCast: Episode Tour Divide 11!
Tailwinds to all the races out there. You are almost done!!!
