Transcontinental Race

Transcontinental Race No. 8, 2020

November 9, 2019 Chris

Outline of what is currently known about the route and application process for the 8th edition of the Transconinental Race in 2020.

Transcontinental Race No. 7, 2019

August 30, 2019 Chris

Route overview, race summary, results, links to media coverage and rider reports from the 7th edition of the Transconinental Race in 2019.

History & Definition of Bikepacking Races

December 23, 2017 Chris

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.

Transcontinental Race No. 6, 2018

Chris

Overview of the 2018 Transcontinental Race, No6, which is a self-supported, ultra-distance bikepacking race that visits various iconic locations between NW and SE Europe.