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Following the racers on their journey from the start to Control Point 2, Tom Bonnett hears how they are suffering with overbearing heat and crunchy gravel climbs. As the riders arrive at the second control, the welcoming party is wilder than anyone could have expected.

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Producer:
Tom Bonnett

Music:
Vegyn
LTO
Old Apparatus
Photograph:
James Robertson

TCR No7: Beating Sun and a Balkan Wedding

In this episode, Tom Bonnett follows the path of the leading riders in the Transcontinental Race into the Dolomites and the Oztal Alps and on to Control Point 3 in Austria. Behind them riders are dotted along roads all the way back to Serbia and for some morale will be beginning to wane. Tom speaks to Jet McDonald, author of Mind Is The Ride, an adventure through cycling and philosophy, to discuss some ideas that can help us all when we fall into a slump.

Producer: Tom Bonnett
Music: Vegyn, LTO, Sam Brookes, Keplr
Photograph: James Robertson

TCR No7: Climbing Out of the Slump

As the race leaders roll over the finish line in Brest, Tom Bonnett is on the road presenting stories from riders reaching Control Point 3 and Control Point 4. 

Presented and produced by Tom Bonnett
Music by Vegyn
Photograph by James Robertson

TCR No7: The Race Rolls On

At the endpoint in Brest, Tom Bonnett meets winner Fiona Kolbinger, talks to the first pair to finish and he greets riders battling the intense headwinds that are making the final stretch one of the toughest of this year's TCR.

Paul Rainbow, founder of Audax Club Bristol, presents a history of the ride that brought the Transcontinental here, Paris-Brest-Paris. It's the oldest audax in the world, having begun in 1891 and the 2019 edition starts less than a week after the end of TCR No7. Some of the riders, including winner Fiona Kolbinger and previous runner-up Bjorn Lenhard will be racing it.

Presented and produced by Tom Bonnett
Music from Vegyn, Sam Brookes, LTO and Keplr
Photography by James Robertson

TCR No7: A Finish Not an Ending

Stories from the Transcontinental Race: The definitive self-supported bicycle race across Europe.

At the sharp end it is a beautifully hard bicycle race, simple in design but complex in execution.  Factors of self reliance, logistics, navigation and judgement burden racers’ minds as well as their physiques. The strongest excel and redefine what we think possible while many experienced riders target only a finish.

TCR No7: Climbing Out of the Slump

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