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Some dots to follow, at last!

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I've missed following the dots on HT550 and the TD.

But we do have the Hope 1000, started this morning in Switzerland.

http://trackleaders.com/hope20
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Cool. Didnt know this was on.

Recognise a few names in there, one brit too. Emma Pooley
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Emma Pooley should do well, she was like a mountain goat in her pro days and also a very handy dual/tri athlete IIRC
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FLV wrote: Sat Jun 20, 2020 8:59 am Cool. Didnt know this was on.

Recognise a few names in there, one brit too. Emma Pooley
voodoo_simon wrote: Sat Jun 20, 2020 10:05 am Emma Pooley should do well, she was like a mountain goat in her pro days and also a very handy dual/tri athlete IIRC
Yes, it's good to see Emma there; here's hoping she will do well.
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Doesn’t she live in Switzerland? Seem to remember she lived over there. They’ll be her local trails maybe
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Emma Pooley should do well, she was like a mountain goat in her pro days and also a very handy dual/tri athlete IIRC
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Looks like a fast field.

The palmares of Jochen Böhringer currently in first place https://ultra-jo.com/about/

Sofiane looks to be carrying no sleeping kit unlike Jochen.....
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Sofian is likely to sleep... Sometime in 2021.
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They're not hanging around up front :shock:

Very different game bikepacking racing these days compared to a few years ago.
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It's incredibly fast and looks like an interesting battle ahead at the front.
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Have the front two riders gone the wrong way?
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Looks like the frontrunners are all going to be back comfortably under 4 days!
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Jochen close to the finish on his borrowed clunker, great going. :grin:
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Sofiane now in second place. One hell of a race!
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Emma Pooley is out, had problems with her Di2 gears that she couldn't fix, going to carry on, but has received outside assistance, so reported herself out of running.
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I've read quite a bit about folk having electronic shifting woes in long distance events. Guess if its free kit, it gets used.

Great race, really strong rides in there too. Impressive.
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Pretty sure Mike Hall was a fan of e shifters
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Neil Beltchenko uses AXS - I think he said he gets fewer RSI style hand / wrist issues.
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When I first heard of folks using electronic shifting in long distance events, I thought they must be crazy. Then I read that it's because it alleviates wrist and finger numbness. So makes sense, but it's something else to possibly go wrong!
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