The 100 Toughest Races in the World
#11
Tour Divide
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Description
Tour Divide is the longest, most grueling Mountain Bike race on the planet. Competitors race self-supported along the entire 2,745 miles of the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route from Banff, canada to Antelope Wells, NM
Event Details
| Categories | Mountain Bike |
| Host | not provided |
| Location | Great Continental Divide, Canada & USA |
| Contact | Matthew Lee |
| Website | http://tourdivide.org |
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`09 Media Coverage
Working list of TD `09 coverage published to date: Among the favorites so far: Jon Billman's very unique, excellent daily race commentary on Outside Mag's Blog, and Joel Reichenberger's, Keeping His Word, on Alan Goldsmith (TD`08,`09) Billman Outside Mag Online Commentary: Read more »
Call for Racer's Eye photo submissions
Travel Time: Infinity by Mary Metcalf-Collier (TD`08)
Submissions for Racer's Eye Photo of `09 will be peer-juried in September. Submit entries by 9/6.
Greetings, 2010
New year, new decade. Incredible things happened on the self-supported MTB racing front in the 2Ks. One can only imagine what the teens will bring. 2020 vision? We can always strive. TD10 Start List has been open for three weeks, already sports 12 riders, some good LOIs. By grand depart, we could see a peloton as big as last year. What's new this edition? Not much, but expect rules clarifications regarding friends/family/fan visitation on course and a narrowing of the trail angel/magic...
Two Wheels on My Wagon
Paul Howard (TD`09) has released a new cycling book as of April, available in the UK from Mainstream Publishing. US distribution to be determined. Two Wheels on My Wagon is about Paul's experience racing one of the worst-weather editions Divide racing has seen in it's 10 year lifespan. Here's a snippet of his writing style from a TD Guardian story run in Nov.`09. thewashingmachinepost.net reviewed the book. As well, there's a blurb at Londoncyclesport.com. Two Wheels on My Wagon is available...
Ride the Divide (the movie) update:
A documentary about TD`08 Premiered last night at Vail Film FestFor upcoming screenings refer to their web site http://www.ridethedividemovie.com/screenings/Media coverage on the doc:Vail daily: http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20100401/AE/100339893/1078&ParentProfil...Cycling News: http://www.cyclingnews.com/editions/mtb-news-and-racing-round-up-april-2...ACA:...
2010 Media Coverage
TD's media darling status resumes. We'll update this post as stories are published.Get Ready for TD!, Jeff Potter (Out Your Back Door, 5/11/10)Bridging the Great Divide, Michael McCoy (Adventure Cycling, 5/17/10)Davis Bicycle Officer to Tackle Tour Divide, Sam McManis (The Sacramento Bee, 5/20/10)GDMBR Embraces BC's Flathead, ACA Press Release, 5/27/10)Improving the GDMBR, Jennifer Milyko (Adventure Cycling, 5/27/10)Issaquah Man Lines up for Grueling Challenge, Jake Lynch...
For the Wild: TD'10 Dedicated to Preservation of the Flathead Valley
2010 Tour Divide grand depart rolls out in a little over 1 hour! This year's blood, sweat and tears are dedicated to the tireless work of folks like FlatheadWild to save the very remote and wild places along the GDMBR such as the Canadian gem, the Flathead Valley. Please support further preservation of the Flathead through the simple process of registering as a 'Friend of the Flathead' here: http://www.flathead.ca/act/friends or simply click on the image below.
John Nobile is cruising right along on his Autumn ITTl of the GDMBR. As of tonight he's in Lima, MT. Follow him on the Tracker: http://tourdivide.org/leaderboard
November 21, 1972
Winter has come in force to many parts of the Divide. It's hard to believe Solstice is still 10 days away.
Enjoy this E. Morris classic 'bikepacking' commercial, and stay tuned for TD 2011 presentation set for Solstice--which also features a total lunar eclipse, btw.
Fall ITT-D
Happy Birthday Dave B.
Photo: David Blumenthal
Happy Human-powered Holidays
