The Transcontinental Race

The Transcontinental Race #3 

Why such a race ? Why i'm doing it ! Because welcome back in the world of old school races,
where men fought each other on big stages, with no support, had to do everything themselves.
Because it Welcome back and let's talk about huge ride ! Yeah the one with 4000km ! 40 000m Elevation ! Epic gravel AND Epic climb ! and no support (ho no !) ...
Hell yeah ! Welcome in the Transcontinental Race, this race is about crossing old Europe, for its third edition the race start from Geraarbergen (Belgium), and finish in Istanbul (Turkey), the rules are really simple, reach Istanbul through 4 check points:

Mont Ventoux (France)

Strada dell Assietta (Italia)

Hotel Lav - Vukovar (Croatia)

Mont Lovcen (Montenegro)

Some beautiful sights all over Europe, well known climbs, epic bits
( like a Tour de France we have the Mont Ventoux !)

and some others rules like:
- No drafting other participant
- Ferry travel only on approved route
- All forward travel on overland must be self powered
- 2 days inactivity = scratch
- Ride with the spirit of self reliance and equal opportunity for all

Why such a race ? Why i'm doing it ! Because welcome back in the old school race, where men fought each other on big stage, with no support, had to do everything themselves. Because it's more like going on an adventure than really going for a race. The first time I heard about this race was from my friend Samuel (aka Sam or Wichlor), he went on an epic trip that made me dream until i participated. I have red a lot of stories about what happened during this race,and everything was like ... unreal. The fact is, in this race, you only understand what happens, after it happened.
So, why am I doing this race ?, you must think the first prize must be insane ! 100 000 $ ? And a car ? Contract with internationals sponsors ? Maybe podium girls ?

Guess what, there is nothing to win, just the privilege to say "I was here, and I did it in time, I beat the clock.
And a jersey for the winner.

Josh Ibbett with the winner Jersey, Josh's blog here

As far i can remember, i always enjoyed pushing my limits, and i was thinking this one is really going to push my limit very far. Now i will tell you my story , I hope you will understand a bit more what this race really is about. Never forget, things can go really bad during this race, more than what you can imagine just reading blogs, and the pain... You can understand the pain only by living it, so see you next TCR :)