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Tracking Down the 2019 Tour Divide, Part 1
Tour Divide 2024 Results
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Tour Divide 2023
Charles McBride & Bret McCormick rIde the Tour Divide
Tour Divide Race 2012 Great Divide Route Map 3
We Learn The Baja Divide Bike Packing Route Is Diabolical Right From The Start
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The Route
The Great Divide Route is the world's longest off-pavement cycling route. It was tirelessly mapped over a 4 year span, and published in 1998 by Adventure Cycling Association, North America's premiere bicycle travel organization. The route is highlighted by long dirt roads and jeep trails that wend their way through forgotten passes of the ...
2023 Tour Divide
The 2023 Tour Divide takes place on Friday, June 9th at 8AM. Race the length of Great Divide Mountain Bike Route, from Banff to New Mexico, 2,745 miles of ultra-endurance bikepacking.
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Decidedly not for sprinters, this battle royale braves mountain passes and windswept valleys of the Continental Divide from hinterlands of the Canadian Rockies to badlands of the Mexican Plateau.
The Tour Divide: What, Where, Why, and How?
The Tour Divide is an annual 2,700-mile (4,300 km) self-supported bikepacking race following the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route (GDMBR). Most of the route follows dirt and gravel roads with a few sections of pavement or singletrack sprinkled in for good measure (along with the occasional hike-a-bike section).
Tour Divide
The Tour Divide is an annual mountain biking ride traversing the length of the Rocky Mountains, from Canada to the Mexican border. Following the 2,745-mile (4,418 km) Great Divide Mountain Bike Route, it is an ultra-distance cycling ride that is an extreme test of endurance, self-reliance and mental toughness. The ride format is strictly self-supported, and it is not a stage race - the clock ...
2022 Tour Divide Tracker
The 2022 Tour Divide begins on Friday, June 10th at 8AM with over 200 riders following the 2,745-mile Great Divide Mountain Bike Route from north to south starting in Banff, Alberta, Canada and finishing at the US/Mexico border in Antelope Wells, New Mexico. The current record was set back in 2016 by the late Mike Hall (13 days, 22 hours, 51 minutes). Follow along on the Tracker map here and ...
2023 Tour Divide Tracker
The 2023 Tour Divide begins on Friday, June 9th, at 8 a.m. with around 200 riders following the roughly 2,700-mile Great Divide Mountain Bike Route from north to south starting in Banff, Alberta, Canada, and finishing at the US/Mexico border in Antelope Wells, New Mexico. The current record was set back in 2016 by the late Mike Hall (13 days, 22 hours, 51 minutes). Follow along on the Tracker ...
About Tour Divide
Tour Divide requires no entry fee or formal registration. There is no prizing for finishing. A toll-free phone number with voice mail is provided to all riders for field reporting. Voice messages are podcast on the Race Updates blog. Riders who carry SPOT GPS Messengers are tracked via the Live tracker. Tour Divide is a ultra-cycling challenge ...
Race the Roof!
The Tour Divide challenge is simple: Race the rooftop of North America by mountain bike; travel self-supported along all 2,745 miles of Adventure Cycling Association's Great Divide Mountain Bike Route; keep moving and be moved; exist well outside one's comfort zone in tackling a cross-continent bikepacking odyssey; finish as fast as possibl.
Preparing for the Tour Divide
In our third installment of One Question, Five Voices, we ask a group of Tour Divide finishers to share their secrets for mentally preparing to race from Banff to Mexico along the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route.
Tour Divide 2023 Results
Results for Tour Divide - This year's Tour Divide was heavily affected by the rains and mud, with the three leaders taking shelter in a public toilet for 12 hours at one point. Ulrich Bartholomoes held off Justinas Leveika and Joe Nation to take one of his first off-road wins.
Tour Divide 2024 Tracking and Commentary
Tour Divide 2024 Tracking + Commentary: Running from Banff, Canada to Antelope Wells on the US-Mexican border, the Tour Divide is for many the halo event of off-road bikepacking racing. There are both Southbound and Northbound riders en route.
Tour Divide Planning Guide
I've taken everything I learned on and off the Tour Divide ( CTR and AZT ), and put it into this 7 Step Planning Guide to racing/touring the Tour Divide (GDMBR). Hopefully anyone planning a race/tour of the route can get almost all the information they need from this post, accompanying posts, and external links provided below.
The Fastest Bikes of the Tour Divide Ultra Race (4,400KM Non-Stop)
The Fastest Bikes of the Tour Divide Ultra Race (4,400KM Non-Stop) by Alee Denham. June 17, 2022. The Tour Divide is an annual off-road ride traversing the length of the Rocky Mountains, from Canada all the way to the Mexican border. The course is over 4,418km long (2745mi), and along the way, riders will gain over 60,000 metres in elevation ...
Extreme Weather Challenges Bikepackers on the Tour Divide Race
The Tour Divide, a bikepacking race from the Canadian Rockies to the U.S. border with Mexico, has always been a test of fortitude. But extreme weather is making it much more dangerous.
'Tour Divide' Champ's Secrets To Conquer A Mountain Range
[leadin] Unassuming cyclist Josh Kato crushed last year's Great Tour Divide, a self-supported race that crosses the United States north to south over the Rocky Mountains. [/leadin]
Tour Divide 2023 : The race, the gear, the whys and everything in
The race. Covering a distance of 4,300km, the Tour Divide is one of the longest and arguably the hardest ultra-endurance bike race on the planet. From Banff (Alberta) in Canada, to Antelope Wells (NM) at the border of Mexico, the course takes the riders along breathtaking scenic landscapes of the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route (designed by ...
Tour Divide 2023 Live Tracker
Interested in a SPOT tracker for your race, event or trip? Embeddable tracking application, live tracking event map for Tour Divide 2023, leaderboard coverage, including links to individual track history pages.
2023 Tour Divide
The Tour Divide is a race on Great Divide Mountain Bike Route, from Banff to New Mexico, 2,745 miles of ultra-endurance bikepacking.
Keith's Midlife Crisis: Racing the 2024 Tour Divide (Announcement Part
This post is the official announcement of Keith's intention to compete in the 2024 Tour Divide bikepacking race. This announcement comes after several months of debate and planning around the event. The Tour Divide race will be, by far, the longest and most difficult ride of Keith's life. He will be riding his mountain bike from Banff, Alberta, Canada to the USA/Mexico border in Antelope Wells ...
Anchorage endurance cyclist Ana Jager wins 2022 Tour Divide
Ana Jager celebrates near the U.S./Mexico border after winning the women's Tour Divide bike race in June 2022. (Photo by Amy Johns) Jager had raced the Kenai 250 previously, but hadn't raced a ...
Tour Divide 2021
The Tour Divide is an opportunity to race the length of Great Divide Mountain Bike Route, from Banff to New Mexico, 2,745 miles of ultra-endurance bikepacking.
Lael Wilcox Around the World Bike
The first two times Lael rode the Tour Divide route in 2015, she had a mechanical drivetrain. However, after riding 8,600 miles in three months, first pedaling to the start of the grand depart in Banff from her home in Alaska and proceeding to race down the spine of the Rockies, Lael's right thumbnail turned black and fell off from the ...
A wrong turn 'that was a blessing in the end'
"After riding the Tour Divide route last year I was trying to get back enough speed to compete at the front again in time for this year's race," said Morton.
How to watch the Tour de France live stream 2024
Subscriptions cost $150 per year. Watch Tour de France 2024 live stream on FLOBikes in USA. FloBikes boasts an impressive bill of live racing throughout the season, including the Tour de France ...
Tour Divide 2023 Tracking and Commentary
Running from Banff, Canada to Antelope Wells on the US-Mexican border, the Tour Divide is for many the halo event of Bikepack Ultraracing. There are both Southbound and Northbound riders racing self-supported along the ACA's Great Divide Mountain Bike Route, always with a few weather re-routes to spice it up.
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The Great Divide Route is the world's longest off-pavement cycling route. It was tirelessly mapped over a 4 year span, and published in 1998 by Adventure Cycling Association, North America's premiere bicycle travel organization. The route is highlighted by long dirt roads and jeep trails that wend their way through forgotten passes of the ...
The 2023 Tour Divide takes place on Friday, June 9th at 8AM. Race the length of Great Divide Mountain Bike Route, from Banff to New Mexico, 2,745 miles of ultra-endurance bikepacking.
Decidedly not for sprinters, this battle royale braves mountain passes and windswept valleys of the Continental Divide from hinterlands of the Canadian Rockies to badlands of the Mexican Plateau.
The Tour Divide is an annual 2,700-mile (4,300 km) self-supported bikepacking race following the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route (GDMBR). Most of the route follows dirt and gravel roads with a few sections of pavement or singletrack sprinkled in for good measure (along with the occasional hike-a-bike section).
The Tour Divide is an annual mountain biking ride traversing the length of the Rocky Mountains, from Canada to the Mexican border. Following the 2,745-mile (4,418 km) Great Divide Mountain Bike Route, it is an ultra-distance cycling ride that is an extreme test of endurance, self-reliance and mental toughness. The ride format is strictly self-supported, and it is not a stage race - the clock ...
The 2022 Tour Divide begins on Friday, June 10th at 8AM with over 200 riders following the 2,745-mile Great Divide Mountain Bike Route from north to south starting in Banff, Alberta, Canada and finishing at the US/Mexico border in Antelope Wells, New Mexico. The current record was set back in 2016 by the late Mike Hall (13 days, 22 hours, 51 minutes). Follow along on the Tracker map here and ...
The 2023 Tour Divide begins on Friday, June 9th, at 8 a.m. with around 200 riders following the roughly 2,700-mile Great Divide Mountain Bike Route from north to south starting in Banff, Alberta, Canada, and finishing at the US/Mexico border in Antelope Wells, New Mexico. The current record was set back in 2016 by the late Mike Hall (13 days, 22 hours, 51 minutes). Follow along on the Tracker ...
Tour Divide requires no entry fee or formal registration. There is no prizing for finishing. A toll-free phone number with voice mail is provided to all riders for field reporting. Voice messages are podcast on the Race Updates blog. Riders who carry SPOT GPS Messengers are tracked via the Live tracker. Tour Divide is a ultra-cycling challenge ...
The Tour Divide challenge is simple: Race the rooftop of North America by mountain bike; travel self-supported along all 2,745 miles of Adventure Cycling Association's Great Divide Mountain Bike Route; keep moving and be moved; exist well outside one's comfort zone in tackling a cross-continent bikepacking odyssey; finish as fast as possibl.
In our third installment of One Question, Five Voices, we ask a group of Tour Divide finishers to share their secrets for mentally preparing to race from Banff to Mexico along the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route.
Results for Tour Divide - This year's Tour Divide was heavily affected by the rains and mud, with the three leaders taking shelter in a public toilet for 12 hours at one point. Ulrich Bartholomoes held off Justinas Leveika and Joe Nation to take one of his first off-road wins.
Tour Divide 2024 Tracking + Commentary: Running from Banff, Canada to Antelope Wells on the US-Mexican border, the Tour Divide is for many the halo event of off-road bikepacking racing. There are both Southbound and Northbound riders en route.
I've taken everything I learned on and off the Tour Divide ( CTR and AZT ), and put it into this 7 Step Planning Guide to racing/touring the Tour Divide (GDMBR). Hopefully anyone planning a race/tour of the route can get almost all the information they need from this post, accompanying posts, and external links provided below.
The Fastest Bikes of the Tour Divide Ultra Race (4,400KM Non-Stop) by Alee Denham. June 17, 2022. The Tour Divide is an annual off-road ride traversing the length of the Rocky Mountains, from Canada all the way to the Mexican border. The course is over 4,418km long (2745mi), and along the way, riders will gain over 60,000 metres in elevation ...
The Tour Divide, a bikepacking race from the Canadian Rockies to the U.S. border with Mexico, has always been a test of fortitude. But extreme weather is making it much more dangerous.
[leadin] Unassuming cyclist Josh Kato crushed last year's Great Tour Divide, a self-supported race that crosses the United States north to south over the Rocky Mountains. [/leadin]
The race. Covering a distance of 4,300km, the Tour Divide is one of the longest and arguably the hardest ultra-endurance bike race on the planet. From Banff (Alberta) in Canada, to Antelope Wells (NM) at the border of Mexico, the course takes the riders along breathtaking scenic landscapes of the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route (designed by ...
Interested in a SPOT tracker for your race, event or trip? Embeddable tracking application, live tracking event map for Tour Divide 2023, leaderboard coverage, including links to individual track history pages.
The Tour Divide is a race on Great Divide Mountain Bike Route, from Banff to New Mexico, 2,745 miles of ultra-endurance bikepacking.
This post is the official announcement of Keith's intention to compete in the 2024 Tour Divide bikepacking race. This announcement comes after several months of debate and planning around the event. The Tour Divide race will be, by far, the longest and most difficult ride of Keith's life. He will be riding his mountain bike from Banff, Alberta, Canada to the USA/Mexico border in Antelope Wells ...
Ana Jager celebrates near the U.S./Mexico border after winning the women's Tour Divide bike race in June 2022. (Photo by Amy Johns) Jager had raced the Kenai 250 previously, but hadn't raced a ...
The Tour Divide is an opportunity to race the length of Great Divide Mountain Bike Route, from Banff to New Mexico, 2,745 miles of ultra-endurance bikepacking.
The first two times Lael rode the Tour Divide route in 2015, she had a mechanical drivetrain. However, after riding 8,600 miles in three months, first pedaling to the start of the grand depart in Banff from her home in Alaska and proceeding to race down the spine of the Rockies, Lael's right thumbnail turned black and fell off from the ...
"After riding the Tour Divide route last year I was trying to get back enough speed to compete at the front again in time for this year's race," said Morton.
Subscriptions cost $150 per year. Watch Tour de France 2024 live stream on FLOBikes in USA. FloBikes boasts an impressive bill of live racing throughout the season, including the Tour de France ...
Running from Banff, Canada to Antelope Wells on the US-Mexican border, the Tour Divide is for many the halo event of Bikepack Ultraracing. There are both Southbound and Northbound riders racing self-supported along the ACA's Great Divide Mountain Bike Route, always with a few weather re-routes to spice it up.