Indian Pacific Wheel Race 2017
Because of the current proliferation of bikepacking races, individual events are becoming less important, so I’m removing some pages about…
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History & Definition of Bikepacking Races
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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Overall Transcontinental Race Results
Analysis of all editions the Transcontinental Race, including combined results, the likelihood of finishing/scratching, finish times, and distances ridden.
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Transcontinental Race No4, 2016
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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Transcontinental Race No2, 2014
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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Transcontinental Race No1, 2013
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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