Day 2- Tour Divide Mountain Bike Race

Day 2 Race Clock 02:02:00 10:00AM MDT 

Current Race Anaysis:

TD NoBo Racer Status

(miles from Banff finish after their name)

In Pie Town, NM are

1-Russ McBride @2381.3mi. Russ was out front early this morning and got to Pie Town first, Followed by

2-Frank Gimard @2381.3mi and

In 3rd position-Paul Attalla @2381.3mi

Followed by

4-Denis Chazelle @ 2420.4mi

5-Pete Faeth @2422.9mi

NoBo Lantern Rouge racer remains Niki Yoblonski @ 2561.8mi in Silver City,NM

Day 2-TD SoBo Racer Status

(miles from Banff start after their name)

Only 7 racers are still on route in British Columbia heading toward the Roosville, MT Canada/US border crossing.

The current SpotTracker position report for Justin Simoni, rookie racer from Denver, CO shows a significant course deviation from the Sparewood, BC checkpoint. Looks like he might have taken the wrong turn on Route 3 as it splits at the Elk Valley Hwy junction. He went left but the race course goes right. He bivied overnight just SE of Beryl and Marl Lake in the East Kootenay Regional District in BC. He's on the move and appears to be heading southwesterly. According to my topo map research he's in deep kimchi as the only way to safely regain access to the race route is to back track to Sparwood the way he came, but he obviously has better situational information and awareness than I have using the internet. His southwesterly route looks like it will take him eventually northwesterly into Elko to regain the official race route, provided he takes all the correct turns along the way and can traverse deep snows indicated along his current heading. Looks like he is using GPS nav, but I fully expect him to withdraw at some point since he will probably DQ himself for deviating. Got to admire him for sure. Bet he's having an adventure of a lifetime and hope he remains safe! I'll continue to monitor his progress and pass along information.

The remaining main group of SoBo racers have crossed into Montana.

1-Jefe Branham 392.1mi @ 30mi south of Swan Lake east of Polson,MT is still n the lead, followed by

2-Ethan Passant @377.7mi

3-Kurt Refsnider @377.4mi

4-Mike Hill @355.6mi and

5-Josh Shifferly @348.7mi

Looks like the SoBo group is making great time because of the alternates planned out by @[800875152:Matthew Lee], but there is rain forecast along their route into Butte through Tuesday.

We just might see the first racers at the Outdoorsman some time late Monday or early Tuesday. We'll be ready for them. Rob has been busy making sure we have all the supplies and parts necessary that they might require.