Tour Divide day 14 — Nearing Antelope Wells
With just over 14 days on the Tour Divide race clock, leader Mike Hall was making his way down the home stretch south of Silver City — the last 125 miles to the U.S./Mexican border at…
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Tour Divide day twelve — Highway blues
Tour Divide leader Mike Hall arrived in Abiquiu, New Mexico, on Tuesday afternoon after more than a day without contact with outside world. It was there he learned his former closest competitor, Craig Stappler, had…
Tour Divide day eleven — detours loom
As Tour Divide leader Mike Hall neared new Mexico well ahead of record pace, the likelihood that he’ll be able to set an official course record this year was further diminished by an announcement that…
Tour Divide day nine – Supermoon
Tour Divide riders pedaling into Saturday night were treated to a rare “Supermoon” — when the moon reaches its closest point to the Earth while full, making it appear larger and brighter than usual. It might…
Tour Divide day eight — Golden Spoke
The northbound and southbound Tour Divide race came together on Friday afternoon when southbound leader Mike Hall and northbound leader Cjell Money met at the iconic respite of the Brush Mountain Lodge. The meeting is…
Tour Divide day seven — Hall pulls ahead
Thursday was a dynamic day on the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route, with a massive cold front and heavy rain in the north, drought and fire closures in the south, and intrepid Tour Dividers pushing…
Tour Divide day six — leaders ride into the cold night
With five and a half days on the 2013 Tour Divide race clock, second-position rider Mike Hall had closed the gap on leader Craig Stappler to within ten miles as the two started the climb…
Tour Divide day five — Leaders reach Idaho
With just over four and a half days on the race clock, Tour Divide leader Craig Stappler crossed into Idaho, a thousand miles on the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route. About twenty miles behind him…