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The Challenge in Detail
On June 10th 2011 Greg Phillips and Simon Harling will attempt to complete the biggest challenge of their lives So far.
The Tour Divide is an ultra-cycling challenge to race self-supported along all 2,745 miles of Adventure
Cycling Association's adventure cycling Great Divide Mountain Bike Route covering Banff, Canada to Antelope
Wells in New Mexico.
There are no designated rest periods or set distances a racer must travel daily. The clock runs non-stop. Whoever can ride
the fastest while making fewer, shorter stops usually own the course records. With an average time-to-completion of three
weeks in the saddle, Tour Divide is the longest–arguably most challenging–mountain bike race on the planet.
It is a contest for the ultra-fit but only if ultra-prepared for myriad contingencies of backcountry biking.