The history of modern bikepacking races is quite short. The first races that can be given this label are some off-road races in the USA in the early 2000s: the IditaBike race on the Alaskan snow and the Great Divide Race across the Rocky Mountains. Road-based bikepacking races started with the World Cycle Race in 2012, then the first Transcontinental Race in Europe in 2013 brought much more attention. In addition to the more modern style of bikepacking races, near the origins of cycle sport in the late 1800s there were many people recording times for riding ultra-distances solo and self-supported.
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An overview of the Indian Pacific Wheel Race (IPWR or Indy-Pac), which is a self-supported, ultra-distance bikepacking race across Australia.
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Analysis of all editions the Transcontinental Race, including combined results, the likelihood of finishing/scratching, finish times, and distances ridden.
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Route overview, race summary, full results, links to media coverage and rider reports from the 4th edition of the Transconinental Race in 2016.
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Route overview, race summary, brief results, links to media coverage and rider reports from the 2nd edition of the Transconinental Race in 2014.
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Route overview, race summary, brief results, links to media coverage and rider reports from the 1st edition of the Transconinental Race in 2013.
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