Yeah I get that in a cyclocross or MTB course you might put a section in that only the best riders can ride, but putting in a 22km section that risks wrecking your race this far in just sounds vindictive
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Been an eventful day tune in tomorrows livestream to understand more
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Cue the Eastenders music 
… have to say it’s looked like the dullest day so far …
I think the winner has just won in more or less exactly 9 days.
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Quite a lot of wind noise in Matt’s last transmission, I must admit that listening was quite difficult for large parts so I think I missed some key parts.
His bike seems to be back in full running order after getting hit by motorbike 
Had a great start to the day cruising along great roads until forest fires meant a re-routing south. Komoot kept recommending unsuitable tracks. Sustained a sidewall puncture that took 3 darts to seal.
Eventually got some great roads, rattled along & was in great spirits towards the end of his own Insta post.
Da iawn Swiss Matt.
Was
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He was the only one to re-route … not a tremendous amount of additional distance but definitely not the most efficient.
CP4 is definitely on for this evening if he keeps on at current pace.
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Possibly the only one to meet that particular policeman, or others chose to ignore his instructions 
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Yeah, who knows … in the grand scheme of such a long race, it’s not really very significant. He’s pretty much exactly where he was yesterday morning in the train.
I was also struggling to hear at times so missed the bit about the policeman!
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I guess he’s had the tyre changed?
After 9 days of sweating in that top, it bet it can do the parcours on its own
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That was a long day&night. Massage be Headwind all afternoon, the route from Turkish border had 55km gravel.
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….and soooooooooo many dogs,
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Wow, Matt made it to CP4 yesterday, well done … 18hrs riding. 
Still to set off today but the dot says he’s up to 42nd.
Should finish tomorrow perhaps?
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What is sarah doing???
Looks like she’s going to take the ferry from Eceabat
Looks like she’s currently on the boat
Nuts to see think there was less than 5 hours between the first 2 finishers after all that riding.
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Was Abdullah the guy who had to go back for his passport? Just I noticed he finished 4th!
Spoons back on Zwift by Monday….
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I don’t think so, no. He was the guy in 2nd or 3rd for a long while.
The lad that’s turned round was a young lad. Maybe Belgian or something. Can’t recall his name now.