The route crisscrosses the continental divide from north to south starting in banff, alberta, canada and finishing at the usmexico border in antelope wells, new mexico. Bike tracker is an app for everyone who loves cycling and other sport activities like runing, trekking, hiking or biking. Following the great divide mountain bike route, the tour divide stretches 4418km from banff, canada, to antelope wells on the usamexico border. Includes leaderboard coverage, race flow, replay and links to individual track history pages. Tracking and timing with one chip race result is adding a tracking function to their active transponder. Embeddable tracking application, live tracking event map for great divide mountain bike route general, leaderboard coverage, including links to individual. Gps files from paula and scotts trip divide alldaysgpx. Paula and scotts 2004 gdmbr trip gps data, journal, photos. Live tracking event map for great divide mountain bike route general a public tracking map for the great divide mountain bike route, following thrurider progress on the route by season. The tour divide tracker gives a prediction for when a. If you see something that is inaccurate or can be improved, dont ask that it be fixedjust improve it. Drops of rain that fall on your left side flow into the atlantic or the gulf of mexico.
However, many riders carry spot satellite messenger tracking devices, allowing their progress to be continuously monitored on websites. In the tour divide, the race clock runs 24 hours a day and the riders are allowed no outside support other than access to. Running from banff in canada to antelope wells on the mexican border, the tour divide is for many the halo event of bikepack ultraracing. Not only is the great divide route a true classic, its primary track is pursued with consistency by td athletes so that year to year, finish times may always be compared directly to the record books. The first cyclocross bike to race the tour divide portfolium. For his first tour divide victory, chris relied on his titanium binary cycles. If you stick to the spirit of tour divide and respect the race it is a real challenge, physically and especially mentally. While racing the tour divide, a transcontinental mountain bike race from banff, alberta, canada, to the us mexican border, david. Weve done some significant development of functionality beyond what the spot share page gives you, and will be doing more. Race the length of great divide mountain bike route, from banff to new mexico, 2,745 miles of ultraendurance bikepacking.
For many people, the tour divide is the original bikepacking race. The tour divide is a bikepacking race that starts in banff, canada, and ends in antelope wells, new mexico. Lael is following the latest tour divide track that was available on 514, and has not had access to a computer to update her files, not that either of us knew a new. Another race on the gdmbr, the great divide race, used only the u. Where i worked up stuff apart from the gdr like in canada, for my side trips, or for my return to wyoming from the south end i drew my tracks based on. After december 31 2019 racetracker will no longer be available. The basic function is to show last known positions of tracking devices over a live map, including route andor race specific information and analysis. The next day reread the story with your students while tracking the. The tour divide is an annual mountain biking ride traversing the length of the rocky mountains. I am very deft at using maps, so i have that working in my favor, plus my recently ordered garmin etrex20 should arrive soon. You will ride across the marvels and beauties of the andes mountains, live an unprecedented bikepacking adventure at high altitude and discover the peruvian culture behind your handlebar. Tour divide challenges a fixed course annually called the great divide mountain bike route. Eddie clark spent the last week tracking down riders during this years race.
It was tirelessly mapped over a 4 year span, and published in 1998 by adventure cycling association, north americas premiere bicycle travel organization. Mike hall, of yorkshire, england, finished the tour divide race in the early hours of june 24th and beat the previous course record by over halfaday. Part of the package would be a preparation video, a gear video, a longer film of this years tour divide, live updates and race coverage on the radavist. The tour divide, an unsupported mountain bike race from canada to the theres been plenty of excitement in the past week as the riders of the 2016 trans am settle in for their solo trek across the. The trans am bike race tabr is similar to the tour divide in that riders have to be. Chris seistrup from arizona was the first to finish this years race with a time of 15 days 11 hours and 24 minutes. Live tracking event map for tour divide 2019 the iconic 2700 mile race across the great divide mountain bike route. Gps tracker, dedicato alla sicurezza e al monitoraggio in. Click on the icons for more information on that rider. While touring the great divide in 2004 i ran into the first divide racers. Here are your grand depart winners since the inception of the race in 2008.
Track and compare your race results for all your triathlons, duathlons or road races. The divide of roughly 2,800 miles between canada and mexico splits the north american continent in two. Explore the sacred valley of the incas the fourth edition will reveal a complete new race course mostly on gravel roads in the sacred valley near cuzco. Due to the remoteness and sheer difficulty of the trail i personal believe youd be crazy not to. Rock solid gps logging, helpful navigation, live logging and more are all available when you install our app. The ride format is strictly selfsupported, and it is not a stage race the clock. The great divide is dangerous mostly because of the powerful creatures that roam the area, but also because the broken mountainous terrain hides them until the last minute. Matthew was essential to the creation of the tour divide, a variant of the older great divide race. A few years ago more single track was added in canada, wyoming and new mexico. For many, its a huge bucket list item and major accomplishment.
The tour divide is a 2,745 mile offroad ultra race that follows a set back country trail, known as the great divide route, along the rooftop of north america, from banff, canada, to antelope wells, new mexico. Overall monarch mtn great divide grinder race results. Endurance athlete lael wilcox has set out to ride the tour divide in 2019. Home follow my challenge live gps tracking maps for. Hi, hope you can help me, i intend to ride the 2017 tour divide, ive done plenty of on and off road touring in europe, but always used paper maps cut up and laminated and a compass sorry im old, reading blogs about the divide tells me i need to upgrade to a gps garmin, im not great with tec so would need the basic thing, no need for heart rate, cadence, etc, just need to know where i. Follow marks journey as he battles the forces of nature and. Great divide mountain bike route general live tracker by. The great divide route is the worlds longest offpavement cycling route. Brit wins, sets tour divide mtb course record gearjunkie. Results for monarch mtn great divide grinder in salida, co united states. Im the main person behind topofusion, which produces gps mapping software for windows.
Lael would be attempting to set a new course record and in the process win the rac. Continental divide international stage race event listings. Arizona trail what was maybe the first singletrack bikepacking race. The tour divide is an annual mountain biking ride traversing the length of the rocky mountains, from canada to the mexican border. All the while houchin has accumulated an adoring fan base of dot watchers, people who follow riders spot tracking devices during races, sometimes. Two stray dog cyclists, trevis spohn and jim trainor are taking on the challenge. Gpx format, 2mb with this gps data and topofusion software you can see exactly where the route travels on topo maps and. It would not surprise me that many of us would end up on the same paths since there are only so many ways to go. Tour divide guide bikepacking one of seven project. The 2019 edition had perhaps the deepest starting field ever, with. During the race, riders carried a spot satellite tracker for safety purposes and to also broadcast their position on the tour divide website. How lael wilcox crushed the tour divide outside online. Its an event that has inspired many riders, and laid the foundations for an entire calender of ultradistance bike races to thrive. Be brave, be strong at 421 pages is nonetheless a a quickread memoir by jill homer about, as the title states, her journey across the great divide by mountain bike.
The racers of the longest offroad cycling race in the united. Homer is a utah native living in alaska at the time she is preparing for this race. Tour divide is a ultracycling challenge to pedal solo and selfsupported the length of great divide mountain bike route all 2,745 miles. Garmin basecamp software loaded on your computer a gps route or a gps track for the portion of the gdr you want to ride. It is probably a bigger challenge to traverse the united states from north to south over the dirt roads of the rocky mountains, following the continental divide. This is an activity based on the picture book the great divide. The only thing that makes this slightly less dangerous is that there are relatively few wandering monsters in the open areas of the divide. Lael and i reached out to matthew lee, the race organizer of the tour divide, in january of this year to ask for permission to document the 2019 tour divide. It was eight hours faster than the current great divide mountain bike course record, but we traded 70 miles of very difficult dirt riding for 60 miles of a paved detour, lee told cyclingnews. Is doing a race like the divide different for women than men. Eighty participants start out on a cross country race that sees their numbers divided in half at various points in the race until eventually only 1 racer crosses the finish line. The tour divide roughly follows the great divide mountain bike route gdmbr is the most recognized and important offpavement cycling route in the united states, if not the world. He pedals on through beautiful scenery and meets up with other riders at the end of a long day.
Timetrial season begins around the 2nd weekend in june from both sides of the route. Following the 2,745mile 4,418 km great divide mountain bike route, it is an ultradistance cycling ride that is an extreme test of endurance, selfreliance and mental toughness. For the first time its possible to track all participants of an event live and without any additional tracking device. Embeddable tracking application, live tracking event map for tour divide 2019, leaderboard coverage, including links to individual track history pages. The goal of these solstice common starts is for athletes to challenge the route in situ, under similar weather conditions and maximum daylight. Mtbcast audio by joseph polk is licensed under a creative commons attributionnoncommercialnoderivs 3. For 31 days, these occurrences came to be typical for greg goodman as he conquered a 2,768. Nick legan experiences kinship, exploration, and suffering in the tour divide race, an ultradistance adventure bicycle race following the great. Just one month after the divide, houchin was the first womens finisher in the colorado trail race, a 500mile singletrack race from denver to durango, again on her singlespeed. Yet everyone keeps talking about their tour divide navigation and race strategy. Go and look behind the ranges something lost behind the ranges.
Featurelength documentary about mark becks bike ride and the 2018 great divide race. Doesnt mater, you like winter or summer sports, you are a profesional cyclist, bmx fan, use electric bike or bike enduro trail, this app is perfect for you. We provide live gps tracking for individuals, groups, events, races, record attempts and more. Includes leaderboard coverage, race flow, replay and links to individual track. I parked my truck just after midnight, slept in the drivers seat for a few hours. Riders who carry spot gps messengers are tracked via the live tracker. Lael would be attempting to set a new course record and in the process win the race. Tour divide requires no entry fee or formal registration. Live gps tracking is a great way to promote your eventactivity, build out your fanbase and increase fundraising. I honestly had no idea how many people were tracking me.
Alexandera houchin is the peoples champion of bikepacking. Spot tracking racers and those touring the tour divide are encouraged to carry a spot tracker, though they are not mandatory. This race began june 12, in banff, canada and goodman arrived in antelope wells, new mexico on july. Individual riders are represented by icons on the map. You never know what the driver is thinking or their intentions.
For more on the great divide mountain bike route, check out our guide, here. It was great just to see all that terrain, to take it all in and be outside so much. A revised and improved version is planned but a release date has not been set. All of our detailed maps are mobile friendly, include many features and have an intuitive interface. Follow marks journey as he battles the forces of nature and struggles with self doubt and fatigue. I finally conceded that i have to put a little more energy into figuring out how i am going to stay on route. Tour divide experiences first fatality cyclingnews.