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Trans Alba Race 2026 - 1000 miles round Scotland

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  • Started 1 month ago by LaidBack
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  1. LaidBack
    Member

    https://www.transalbarace.com/transalbahome

    This year there will be no 400 mile 'short' event ending in Oban. Riders set off yesterday and are all committed to the full route as executed by Bill several years ago.The

    Don't think there's a harder/more varied event?
    Track the survivors here.
    https://www.transalbarace.com/tracker

    Stop press:
    Leader has already made it to Mull!
    1st | Bastien Bodnar
    Start #43
    gps_fixedFMC Tracker: Queclink
    Seen: 3 m ago[Google Maps]
    Est Distance: 616.96 km
    Daily AVG: 554.60 km
    Est Speed: 15.49 km/h
    AVG Speed: 23.11 km/h
    AVG Moving Speed: 24.62 km/h
    Moving Time: 1 d 01 h 03 m (94%

    Posted 1 month ago #

  2. Murun Buchstansangur
    Member

    Yes, impressive effort from the leader to make the last Dunoon ferry last night. It wasn't clear to me until then whether the Western Ferries route is fair game (well, I assume it is)

    Posted 1 month ago #

  3. gembo
    Member

    Sparkles has alas scratched, I imagine he was first for a good bit of the first 600km

    Posted 1 month ago #

  4. Murun Buchstansangur
    Member

    @gembo for the first 100k yes, he stopped briefly in Gifford and Bastien B was 5k up the road not to be seen again by the time Sparkles got going again.

    BB only rider to make the Skye ferry today - now over the BnaB and heading for Shieldaig. The chasing field reforming in Mallaig and will race it out for 2nd?

    Posted 1 month ago #

  5. gembo
    Member

    There is talk of the weather being bad for Bastien but he is far out in the lead. Same tactics as Sparkles used last year to win by miles. The chap in second was maybe 80k behind but ran out of ferry crossings and was caught by the field kind of thing.

    Posted 1 month ago #

  6. bill
    Member

    Very exciting to dot watch Trans Alba this year!

    The route is a bit different. Glad to see they cut out the section I hated the most -- Dunbartonshire and Erskine bridge.

    Lots of Edinburgh based riders!

    And it was good to see someone challenging Sparkles. BB is flying!

    Posted 1 month ago #

  7. mcairney
    Member

    Yep Sparkles had to scratch unfortunately, probably too soon after his JOGLEJOG attempt.
    I'm rooting for my wee pal Paul Alexander who's a first-timer and taking it steady.

    Posted 1 month ago #

  8. gembo
    Member

    Bastien will be too early at the Bridge. Weather stayed fair.

    Posted 1 month ago #

  9. LaidBack
    Member

    For Bastien the race is over!
    86 hours and 59 minutes. Average speed of 22kmph over three days (and nights I suppose).
    That's quite a result.

    Posted 1 month ago #

  10. gembo
    Member

    He didn’t seem to sleep or stop much though did slow to allow the organiser to get to S Queensferry.

    Posted 1 month ago #

  11. LaidBack
    Member

    Last rider and a heroic effort. Peter Magill from Denmark.

    35th | Peter Magill
    Start #37
    gps_fixedFMC Tracker:
    Seen: 17 hrs ago[Google Maps]
    Distance On Track: 1620.63 km (100.0%)
    Distance To Go: 0.02 km (0.0%)
    Daily AVG: 212.16 km
    Speed On Track: 0.00 km/h
    AVG Moving Speed: 13.48 km/h
    AVG Route Speed: 8.92 km/h
    Moving Time: 5 d 00 h 11 m (66%)
    Stopped Time: 2 d 15 h 08 m (34%)
    Total Time: 7 d 15 h 20 m

    Posted 1 month ago #

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