2009....Probably the most exciting RAAM in history. Time will tell, but the excitement caused by the race between Jure Robic and Danny Wyss and the coverage of all the events and races within RAAM caused the internet servers to crash and burn due to traffic loads only imaginable by a dreamer. The TS managers, fans, and RAAM officials did their best to keep information before the public as the race proceeded down the road in record and near record time. By using Twitter, rider websites, TS websites and various blogs the news of rider standings and events on the road enabled fans to (mostly) keep abreast in real time.
The matter of time penalties assessed against Jure Robic and alledgedly not against Danny Wyss will have to be worked out. Robic's crew blogger, Matjaz, will have more to say in the coming couple of daysof the events which lead to Robic's crew calling for abandenment of the race at TS51.
The following is from the Blog of TS40-41 in Ohio:
Robic's latest time penalty was from taking the wrong route to time station 40. There was difference between the GPS file and the route book. RAAM rules state that the route book is the official route and GPS is only provided to assist crews.If a racer goes off course, they must go back to where they went off course and continue riding the course. They can be shuttled back to that point by vehicle. Apparently it was quite a ways back to where Robic went off course and his crew chose to take a 30 minute penalty instead.Robic wasn't the only one to have route issues yesterday. Earlier in the day, Wyss rode 9 miles off course before being taken back to the course. His crew estimated he lost 45 minutes from the route mistake...
Danny Wyss set the second fastest MPH average in RAAM history ... 15.28mph, with a time of 8days 5hrs 45min. The MPH average is VERY impressive, considering that the current record, 15.4mph, established in 1986 by Pete Penseyers, was ridden mostly on easier interstate highways. The 2009 route was without question far more difficult.
Team Ty1, the eight-person diabetic team shooting to ride in the 2012 Tour de France, set a RAAM team record established just last year by Norwegian team BMC, by finishing in (get this)
5days 9hrs 5min. averaging 23.41 mph.
The Womwn's race is a good one with Brazilian Daniela Genovesi leading American Janet Christian going into W. Virginia
See Janet's progress http://twitter.com/TeamOsprey
More to come......
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