http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Indian Pacific Wheel Race en Tue, 19 May 2026 13:11:39 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17553#post-245777 Fri, 31 Mar 2017 11:11:24 +0000 chrisfl 245777@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Very sad. I had worked this out based on the news reports and static tracker just before going to bed last night and was hoping that when I woke up this morning it would turn out to be a bad dream. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17553#post-245773 Fri, 31 Mar 2017 10:17:48 +0000 acsimpson 245773@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Dreadful: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39452786">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39452786</a></p> <p>RIP Mike. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17553#post-245769 Fri, 31 Mar 2017 09:09:56 +0000 rust 245769@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It has been confirmed on the IPWR Facebook page. Terrible news that I didn't want to believe last night when reports started to come in. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17553#post-245765 Fri, 31 Mar 2017 07:20:56 +0000 Arellcat 245765@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes, it's believed that a British rider was killed in a collision with a car.</p> <p>There is a story in <a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/cycling/endurance-cyclist-feared-dead-in-canberra-crash/news-story/4fb89c634982bd7748594d4384a8883a">The Australian</a> but it's behind a paywall. However there is <a href="https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/34860999/cyclist-dies-in-canberra-crash/#page1">an article on Yahoo as well</a> that names the rider. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17553#post-245763 Fri, 31 Mar 2017 07:02:38 +0000 gembo 245763@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>How terrible </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17553#post-245762 Fri, 31 Mar 2017 06:32:26 +0000 paddyirish 245762@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Oh no - there are grave concerns that a prominent rider has been killed in a collision near Canberra. The race has now been cancelled as a mark of respect.</p> <p>How awful! thoughts with his loved ones and all involved with the race. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17553#post-245736 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 13:54:05 +0000 paddyirish 245736@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Think both are asleep now - don't seem to have moved for at least a couple of hours - maybe due to weather? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17553#post-245728 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 11:45:13 +0000 DaveC 245728@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<em>Some suggestion K not going to sleep for the last 1390km.</em>"</p> <p>I've seen this on PBP but not at the end of a 5500km race!! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17553#post-245698 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 06:58:21 +0000 gembo 245698@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Some suggestion K not going to sleep for the last 1390km. Whereas Mike had gone quite far off route for a kip? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17553#post-245697 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 06:13:57 +0000 paddyirish 245697@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>wow- looked this morning and Kristof has blown the race apart. Arriving in Canberra ~1 day to go. That effort to catch up must have cost Mike dearly. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17553#post-245665 Wed, 29 Mar 2017 13:15:15 +0000 Frenchy 245665@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Mike has been in the lead for 12 hrs. At the minute their transmitters send their locations every 15-30 mins. they are out of sync, so the lead "appears" to be changing hands.</em></p> <p>This makes sense, ta. Not sure how well the "predicted mode" will work, either. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17553#post-245664 Wed, 29 Mar 2017 13:13:12 +0000 paddyirish 245664@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Frenchy - Mike has been in the lead for 12 hrs. At the minute their transmitters send their locations every 15-30 mins. they are out of sync, so the lead "appears" to be changing hands.</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/Indi_Pac">this</a> twitter feed appears to have a better grasp of what is happening on the ground </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17553#post-245663 Wed, 29 Mar 2017 13:07:12 +0000 paddyirish 245663@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Listened to <a href="http://thebikeshow.net/indian-pacific-wheel-race-overlanders/">this podcast</a>. they reckoned at the end that this is already further than Kristof has ridden before in one go. Also that he tends to eat less than the others and loses bodyweight over the course of the race. For that reason one of the contributors favoured Mike...</p> <p>Though Kristof has had more recent sleep.</p> <p>Impressive ride by Sarah Hammond in 3rd. She was hoping they'd box each other to a standstill.</p> <p>A quote I liked that has been applied to this.</p> <p>"90% of it is mental. The other 10% is in your head" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17553#post-245662 Wed, 29 Mar 2017 13:02:56 +0000 Frenchy 245662@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Less than a kilometre between them when I checked; they must be able to see each other at times now.</p> <p>EDIT: In fact, did Mike just overtake Kristof? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17553#post-245661 Wed, 29 Mar 2017 12:51:17 +0000 rust 245661@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Mike has had three different chances to study how Kristof performs in race conditions. I would love to know how tactically Mike has approached this race! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17553#post-245659 Wed, 29 Mar 2017 12:26:23 +0000 paddyirish 245659@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.indianpacificwheelrace.com/">This</a> is an epic single stage race across Australia from Freemantle to Sydney - 5500km.</p> <p>11 days in, after 4700km, the two leaders Kristof Allegaert (3 time winner of Transcontinental) and Mike Hall (the organiser of that race) are less than 4km apart. Both have been unbeaten in years and it looks like one will lose that record </p> <p>You can follow it <a href="https://indianpacificwheelrace.maprogress.com/?embed=yes">here</a>. There is a 800km "sprint finish" coming up... </p>