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The two leading women are still Melissa Pritchard and Karen Tostee. Emily doesn't seem to be going as well as last year, or Melissa and Karen are just much faster than her rivals last year. It's probably a bit of both.
Agree, bit of both. Stronger field this year for both women and men.
Last year I was close to Emily and two other guys who are also riding this year: Urs (@Swissy) and Max. They are 60th and 37th, while she is back in 98th.
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The two leading women are still Melissa Pritchard and Karen Tostee. Emily doesn't seem to be going as well as last year, or Melissa and Karen are just much faster than her rivals last year. It's probably a bit of both.
modan and co. still haven't reached CP1.
hippy's gooch is acting up. He implies he's only done bivvies so far on this ride but now considers a comfort stop at a hostelry. He also requests that we call him Moses, could be paracetamol side effects.
Samuli's climbing Monte Grappa near, judging by the name, another Finn, Janne Villika. Slightly further ahead is Finn Markku Leppala. (I don't actually know if they're all Finnish, they just have Finnish-sounding names.)