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Heiner completed his journey on July 10th, 2024, at 17:22, after 21 days and 17 hours, becoming our first-ever velomobile finisher. He initially registered to finish in Tarifa but had to change his plan before the start at NorthCape, opting to finish in Bregenz instead. Heiner thoroughly enjoyed the route.

The original NCT route includes some cycling paths protected by poles to prevent car access. To accommodate the velomobile, we made some adjustments to the route, which worked well for Heiner.

Heiner plans to return in 2026 to complete the route from Bregenz to Tarifa.

Congratulations to Heiner! It was a pleasure to meet you.

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Juhani Saario finished last night 12th of July 2024 00:24 in Tarifa. For the 7400km route to Tarifa he needed 22 days and 24 minutes. Juhani was welcomed by the first finisher Christian Englert with a beer.

Congratulations to Juhani for this great effort!

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Christian Englert in the German news:
https://www.swr.de/sport/mehr-sport/radsport/christian-englert-nordkap-tarifa-ergebnis-100.html

Christian Englert made it to Tarifa last night, July 10th, at 19:05! He finished his epic journey from NorthCape in 20 days and 19 hours, or 499 hours. The time is not yet official.

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Peter Grätzer from Switzerland finished in Bregenz 5th of July. For the 4070km route to Bregenz he needed 15 days, 12 hours and 48 minutes. Congratulation Peter, well done!

The last 3700km Peter dealt with crank issues, but nothing could stop him to finish his ride as planned in Bregenz.

Photo: Peter Grätzer at the finish in Bregenz and on the stretch NorthCape to Alta in Norway

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Tommi Kurola the second rider from Finland arrived at the checkpoint in Nice yesterday 05.07.2024 12:25 CET. Tommi is from Espoo Helsinki, 53 years old and originally a runner. He is doing long distance trail runs.

For the NorthCape-Tarifa Tommi was training all the mountain passes virtually on the computer. In Val d’Isere he said: “This mountain passes are in reality much steeper as on the computer simulation.” Anyway he was climbing up Col d’Iseran like a mountain goat.

Tommi’s experiences include:

• Northcape4000 2023 (finisher #16)
• Three peaks bike race 2022 (finisher)
• Transpyrenea en off 2018 (~1000km trail running across the Pyrenees)
• Numerous 100 mile trail running races.

Photos: Tommi at Col d’Iseran and checkpoint Nice

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Juhani Saario arrived at the checkpoint in Nice at 04.07.2024 21:36 CET and is currently 4 hours 22 minutes behind the record ride of Steffen Streich in 2018. Did he study Steffen’s 2018 ride? Juhani is from Oulu, Finland, and is 27 years old.

Finnish riders are consistently at the front of this ultra-long-distance bikepacking race. In 2022, Matti Ainasoja finished 1st after a terrible crash with a fox on the downhill of Col de Cayolle, and in 2018, Samuli Mäkinen finished 3rd in Tarifa.

Juhani’s experiences include:

• Ruska 2021
• TAW 2022
• TCRno8
• TPRno2
• RTPLno5
• TCRno9

Photos: Juhani at Col du Galibier and checkpoint Nice

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The German SWR published the story of Christian Englert currently leading the NorthCape-Tarifa. The article is published on the sport page between prominent football European championship and other sport articles.

https://www.swr.de/sport/mehr-sport/radsport/christian-englert-nordkap-tarifa-radrennen-100.html

SWR stands for Südwestrundfunk and is a German national radio station for the southern part of Germany.

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Bernhard Ritter from Salzburg, Austria, is 47 years old and an experienced bikepacker. Bernhard follows his own sleeping plan, resting in the morning and evening and riding through the night. He enjoyed the long stretches in the forests of Finland a lot.

Bernhard in Finland:
“I may miss these long empty stretches, not seeing any cars for hours when leaving Finland.”

What are Bernhard’s experiences:

• Three Peaks Bike Race 2021, 2022, 2023: 2nd place three times
• Race Around the Netherlands Finisher
• Private projects and rides between 500-3000 km

Photos: Bernhard in Norway and Finland

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In 2018, Steffen Streich won the race in an impressive 21 days and 57 minutes, a record that still stands unbeaten. This year, he set a new record for reaching checkpoint 1 in Helsinki and continued to push ahead, reaching Tallinn nearly a day faster than his 2018 time. However, since leaving Tallinn, Steffen has faced several challenges and lost his lead.

Who is Steffen Streich?

• TCR2 2014: 4th place
• Trans Africa Race 2016: 1st place
• TABR 2016: 2nd place
• Indian Pacific Wheel Race 2017: finisher
• NCT 2018: 1st place
• Morocco-BikeAdventure 2019: 1st place
• London-Athens 2023
• 45-SouthWest 2023: 1st place

For more about Steffen, check out the “Sitzfleisch” podcast by Christoph Strasser, recorded this winter.

Photos: Steffen in Norway

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