Rickie has turned around. Long climb to do the descent, but better than a DQ.

Josh Kato’s at mile 2700, coming in for second to Brian Luciado.

(i think)

JP should finish today. Stunning run down for an ITT starting two days after everyone else.

adventuresyndRickie and Lee have now made it to Grants, 376 miles from the end of the Tour Divide, only to receive some bad news – Rickie has been disqualified from the race, after accepting a lift from her overnight host in Como back up to the top of Boreas Pass (approximately 10km) the morning after missing the singletrack descent in the dark.
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Although Rickie has so far covered the entire Tour Divide route under her own power, the rules dictate that racers may not accept lifts, even outside of the course, unless they have a medical or mechanical emergency.
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“I’m understandably gutted my time will be DQ’d,” says Rickie, “but this journey is about so much more than my time being registered on some leaderboard. Lee and I will carry on to Antelope Wells and finish the route in the spirit in which we started it. With passion and commitment and in an effort to document it in order to inspire others to get out there and have their own adventure.”
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“She’s been **** amazing,” says Lee. “And regardless of race rules, her ride deserves to be recognised for the incredible achievement it is. The Tour Divide isn’t easy, and we’ve both pushed ourselves further than we’ve ever gone before. Whether or not Rickie officially ‘finishes’ feels almost irrelevant at the moment.”
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Lee and Rickie will continue to ride towards the finish line on the Mexican border, which they hope to reach sometime on Thursday. #tourdivide2017 #tourdivide

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Rickie and Lee have now made it to Grants, 376 miles from the end of the Tour Divide, only to receive some bad news – Rickie has been disqualified from the race, after accepting a lift from her overnight host in Como back up to the top of Boreas Pass (approximately 10km) the morning after missing the singletrack descent in the dark. . Although Rickie has so far covered the entire Tour Divide route under her own power, the rules dictate that racers may not accept lifts, even outside of the course, unless they have a medical or mechanical emergency. . "I'm understandably gutted my time will be DQ'd," says Rickie, "but this journey is about so much more than my time being registered on some leaderboard. Lee and I will carry on to Antelope Wells and finish the route in the spirit in which we started it. With passion and commitment and in an effort to document it in order to inspire others to get out there and have their own adventure." . "She's been **** amazing," says Lee. "And regardless of race rules, her ride deserves to be recognised for the incredible achievement it is. The Tour Divide isn't easy, and we've both pushed ourselves further than we've ever gone before. Whether or not Rickie officially 'finishes' feels almost irrelevant at the moment." . Lee and Rickie will continue to ride towards the finish line on the Mexican border, which they hope to reach sometime on Thursday. #tourdivide2017 #tourdivide

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God darn rules must be rules for them to be rules so the players can be ruled!!! A shame to see the dot turned orange, but hey ho, the ethos can’t be deterred. I’m sure they’re both thriving on the trip!

Rules are rules. Simple as that.

Much like Guy last year and his inability to ride the route.

DNF, simple enough.

Anyone else noticed that Ashley Benns from Manchester has now nearly completed his “yo-yo-yo”?

According to a post from the shop in Ovando on the Bikepacking.net forum he is talking about turning around when he gets to Banff and riding back in order to make it a double-double.

Bonkers!