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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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Christian Englert is 59 years old and from Germany. Christian changed in Riga his saddle after he could not sit anymore on it and last night he took over the lead.

When Christian registered for NCT, he mentioned as his goal:

“To have fun, to see many new things, to have a big adventure, to finish, maybe 300 km each day.”

Who is Christian, what’s his experiences:

• RAAM 4-Person Team 1994: 1st
• TPBR 2020: 6th
• Transpyrenees 2021: 6th
• 2VS 2021: 2nd
• Mittelgebirgeclassique 2022: 2nd
• TCRNo9: 10th

Photos: Christian in Finland

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Congratulations to Ivan Tsud who finished today his ride in Helsinki in 7 days 14 hours and 34 min. Ivan registered originally for Tarifa. But unfortunately he had to change his plans.

Photo: Ivan at the cp and finish Helsinki

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Eighteen riders have already reached the Helsinki checkpoint at km 1753 and are either on their way through the Baltic or already in Poland.

From the checkpoint in Helsinki, riders find their own way to the ferry to Tallinn. There are three ferry companies offering the transfer to Tallinn, where the journey continues.

Mark Gibbens:
“Arrived Helsinki check point 25th June at 5:30pm. In good condition so far.”

Kim Roelants:
“I have just reached checkpoint 1 in Helsinki.
Date: 25-06-2024
Time: 11:31 EEST (so 10:31 CEST)
It’s only cp1 but what a ride this has already been!
I’m currently suffering serious pain in my left knee so I’ll take at least the rest of the day in Tallinn to rest. Maybe I’ll need tomorrow too , so if you’d notice that my dot stopped moving , that’s the reason.”

Photos: from the riders at checkpoint Helsinki.

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“Ein weiterer harter Tag! Aber es hat sich gelohnt!! ” / “Another hard day! But it was worth it!!” – Steffen Streich writes us from the last ferry of the day to Tallinn that he catched in the last minute for boarding. Good timing!

3 days 20 hours and 39 minutes from the NorthCape to Helsinki checkpoint. 1753km in 69h46min on the bike, moving time. This results in an average speed of 25.13km/h the time on the bike and 452.52km per day. Or 18.9km/h total average speed. Without any support. And Steffen has an impressive 25% rest time.

Congratulations, big respect for this new record!

The old record for Helsinki checkpoint was from 2022 when Matti Ainasoja arrived at the 24th at 04:40 in the morning. In 2018 Samuli Mäkinen arrived at 09:45 in the morning of June 24th and in 2019 Thomas Jacquelinet same day at 12:38.

Photos: selfies from Steffen Streich

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The top of Col du Galibier is still closed. It is expected to open 29th of June, just before the first riders arrive at the checkpoint Col du Galibier. The Tour de France will go over Galibier 2nd of July. In 2018 Steffen Streich and Kai Edel reached this checkpoint 3th of July.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/6yqL5YcCxWUCequg

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Denis Crivellaro cap 19 at 6th position is in good mood despite a broken spoke and limited gear shifting. Between Alta and Kautokeino a spoke at the front wheel broke. And later the right shifting lever stopped to work. He reconfigured the shift levers that he can operate the rear derailleur with the left side shift lever and placed the chain on the lower front chain ring.

Photo from day one and this morning Danis having breakfast.

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