Sonia Colomo finishes Badlands 2020

Christian Meier has Scratched

Lachlan Morton wins Badlands 2020

James Hayden has Scratched

Riders Ready, Watch the Gate, Beep Beep Beep 

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Lachlan Morton

Hayden Mccormick

Óscar Pujol

Ashley Dennis

Bruno Ferraro

José Ángel Díaz

Hippy

Paulo Ferreira

Manuel Villalobos

Raúl Peralta

Marcus Nicolson

Daan van Meeuwen

Andrew Walker

Josep Maria Cabanas

Toni De La Torre

Víctor Bouman

Nils G. Kamminga

Víctor Peña

Sònia Colomo

Leo Andrione

Mel Richards

Osvaldo Navia

Duncan Mellor

Peter Force

Juan Garamendi

Pieter Bevernage

Edwin Díaz

Peter Gaskill

Ignacio Costales

Jacobo Sánchez

Michael Lane

Álex Grau

Gaizka Ortiz

Grant Douglas

Ronald De Graaf

Vicente Rivera

Juan Zapata

Yolanda Magallón

Yishuang Gao

Nadav Rindler

Hugo Díaz

Pau López

Pedro Muñoz

Raphael Grau

Álvaro Juan Menéndez

Jean-Patrick Mothes

José Madrid

Lissa Breugelmans

Paul Pawelzyk

Daniel Krug

Francisco Julio

Miguel Carrillo

Dani Ayala

José Manuel Dobado 

Toni Calderón

Manuel López

Andrew Rose

Liam Yates

Christian Meier

Pep Sánchez

Therese Sundström

James Hayden

Tom Williams

Víctor Poveda

Molly Weaver

Ronan Descy

Dennis Politz

Rob Meeuwessen

Christian Bel

Frank Van Der Veken

Michael Moser

David Hawkins

Joachim Marquardt

Ibai Fradejas

Justinas Leveika

Javier Noguerol

Christian Lay

Robert Lawrence

Media Car 1

Media Car 3

Media Car 2

David Rovira

Ricard Calmet

Carlos Conesa

Miguel Ángel García

Jason Paul

Mauricio Aguilar

Iñaki García

José Cabello

Ralph Birke

Tim Kremer

Santy Mozos

Diego Villas

Joseba Palacios

Arkaitz Prieto

Enric Burgstaller

Raül Racero

Nis Alps

Karl Krabbenhöft

Patrick Hough

Henry Partridge

Luis Linde

Cecilio Puertas

Tino Rodriguez

David Cubillos

José Carlos Muñoz

Alessandro Pace

Santi Barril

Rosa Mañosa

Mariia Ustymenko

Ihor Ustymenko

India Landy

Daniel Loftus

Alexis Willis

Wolfgang Haake

Jens Grebe

Sven Busse

Robin Mühle

Jurgita Lemesiute

Justinas Cerniauskas

On Day 7, every rider that was still on the course finished. A huge congratulations to all the riders who finished the race, from Lachlan who flew round to Santi Barril and Rosa Manosa who were the last people across the line. The course was an absolute brute and finishing it is a huge achievement. 

Congratulations also go the the guys at TransIberica who organised the event and created the route under the difficult circumstances we have at the moment. 

I will leave you with a few more race reports are trickling in on social media.

[https://www.instagram.com/p/CFCbThzqtFC/](https://www.instagram.com/p/CFCbThzqtFC/)

[https://www.instagram.com/p/CFCJeQ_IIqV/](https://www.instagram.com/p/CFCJeQ_IIqV/)

[https://www.instagram.com/p/CFBuQ1_ltMl/](https://www.instagram.com/p/CFCJeQ_IIqV/)


All riders have finished!

Heading into the night on Day 6, we have 10 riders still out on course. Everyone has passed through CP4 and are either heading up the Veleta Pass or for the finish.

In the course of today, we saw the second and third female finishers to round out the Womens podium. Yollanda Mallogon and Gao Yishuang finished second and third respectively, and in the end it came down to just 19 minutes seperating them. A very closely fought race after a 128hrs of racing!

Congratulations to all the riders who finished today! You certainly have earnt yourself a good rest. 

There a few ride reports coming in across social media, and as there is so much to digest after a race like this, we most certainly see more. 

Ashley Dennis
https://www.instagram.com/p/CE95i3Llpy_/

Manuel Villalobosos
https://www.instagram.com/p/CE9ptRKo--C/

Therese Sundstrom
https://www.instagram.com/p/CE9lzj6FhX1/

Sonio Colomo
https://www.instagram.com/p/CE_reEDAc-D/


Into the Night - Day 6 Recap

Day 5 saw more riders making it to the finish line and completing the beast of a course that Badlands is. 

Sonia Colomo finished as the first female, and has stories to tell from the race. A broke mech, rain and the cold where all things she overcame. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CE9WfAsArYq/

We now have 29 solo riders finished and 5 pairs. There are reports trickling in on social media of all the challenges that people encountered and it would seem that everyone had their fair share of ups and downs. 

Whilst it was Lachlan's ride that drew the headlines, the riders who have are still out there battling deserve the same respect. With more time comes more stories, and I would argue that those still riding are putting in equally as impressive rides. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CE9xF42Ipks

Congratulations to all the riders who finished today. More should finish overnight.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CE9Foj9BhWE/
The pair of Raul Raül Racero and Enric Burgstaller look like they have had their fair share of challenges. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CE81AA8IoiX/


Into the Night - Day 5 Recap

Around 3 hours ago, Sonia Colomo became the first woman to finish. She took a total time of 90hr 13minutes, giving her a finishing position of 19th. 

During her ride, she battle with broken equipment, rain in the Cabo de Gato and crossed the Veleta Pass at night, with tempertures at around 0 Degrees. Congratulations Sonia for an amazing ride!

https://www.instagram.com/p/CE8HiC0ogjZ/


Out in Southern Spain, riders continue to do battle with high altitude, varying tempertures and gravel. Most riders have passed through CP3 by this point and are heading back east along the coast or through the Sierra Nevada. 

Early this morning Hayden McCormick came in for 2nd place, followed by Oscar Pujol who had put in a good ride during the night to finish in just over 66hrs. This gave us a top 3 of Lachlan Morton, Hayden McCormick and Oscar Pujol. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CE68OaDI6w9/

Day 4 also saw the top 10 be finialised. This has been one of the most interesting aspects of the race with riders changing positions constantly and a few hopefuls having to unfortunately scratch. Jose Angel Diaz held on to his position from this morning and finished in 6th. The closely fought battle between Hippy, Raul Peralta, Paulo Ferreira and Manuel Villabosos finished with Hippy getting the better of the other riders and finishing just under 2 hrs in front of Paulo. Manuel and Raul must have had as close to a sprint finish as you can get in utlra racing, finishing with 5 minutes of one another. Congratulations to all these riders. 

Both Bruno and Hippy seem happy with their rides. 
https://www.instagram.com/p/CE64Bn3lZAU/
https://twitter.com/firsthippy/status/1303693441960943617

In the womans race, Sonia Colomo continues to lead the way, and should finish sometime this evening/early morning. Yolanda Magallón is the next woman one the road and still has some distance to go, but is nonethless riding well. Yishuang Gao is the third woman on the road and is currently 50km behind Yolanda.

Here are a few thoughts from Therese Sundstrom, who was riding well in the womans until she had to unfortunately scratch.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CE6RgpEle59/

Third place in the pairs race should go to Mauricio Aguilar and Jason Paul who are just over 20km out from the finish. 

Looking forward to this evening and tomorrow, we should see more finishers, including the first woman. Make sure who keep an eye on the dots and keep cheering them on as they finish!


Into the Night - Day 4 Recap

Update: The organisers have confirmed that Lachlan's official time is 43hrs 30minutes. The reason for this being differnt from the elapsed time on strava is that some of the kilometers at the start and the finish were neutralised.

After all sorts of confusion about Lachlan Morton's official time, he has just posted the ride to strava. You can [view it here](https://www.strava.com/activities/4032004385/segments/2738530349977588178).

The race tracker is different to the device he used to produce this file so there will be some differences. The race tracker only pings a signal every 5 minutes, which means that often shorter stops don't register, hence the differences. 

It therefore turns out that Lachlan is slighlty more human that we first thought and it looks as if he stopped for around 2 to 3 hrs in total. 

Lachlan's Strava File

Overnight saw the finishes of 5 more solo riders and the first pairs. 

Hayden McCormick got his second place in 59hrs and 3mins. Oscar Pujol fought of his chasers for 3 place and finished in 66hrs and 8 minutes. Ashley Dennis and Bruno Ferraro came in within half an half of each other on 71hrs 31minutes and 72hrs 6mins respectively. Well done to all those riders.

We also saw the first two pairs finish, with David Rovira and Ricard Calmet making it to the finish in 61hrs and 30 minutes to win the pairs race. Behind them, Carlos Conesa and Miguel Angel Garcia finished in 70hrs and 59minutes. 

[https://www.instagram.com/p/CE5DEf_oXzu/](https://www.instagram.com/p/CE5DEf_oXzu/)

Back up the road a bit, Jose Angel Diaz is approaching the finish having crossed the Veleta Pass at 4am and looks to finish soon. Hippy, Paulo Ferreira and Raul Peralta are all within a few kilometers of each at time of writing. They are climbing up the Veleta pass to CP5. Daan van Meeuwen, who was right up at the front of the race going into the night have fallen back to 12th overnight. 

This is what they are battling with.
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Hippy seems to be in a good mood having topped up on beer overnight. 
[https://twitter.com/firsthippy/status/1303425122678771712](https://twitter.com/firsthippy/status/1303425122678771712)

Sonio Colomo is still riding as the first woman on the road and still has her commanding lead off a 130km over Yolanda Magallon and Yishuang Gao.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CE51wlRI8Pq/


In the Morning - Day 4

Hayden McCormick has just finished his ride. He came in in a time of 59hrs 3mins. He encountered all sorts of trials and tribulations on his ride, the biggest of which was the seatpost clamp bolt falling out. This led to him riding the last 24hrs or so with a seat help up with anything he could find, namely a lot of cellotape. Another brilliant ride. 


Hayden McCormick finishes 2nd

Today saw the first finisher of the race, Lachlan Morton finished in a total time of 43hrs and 30 minutes which is an outstanding ride. According to his tracker, he only stopped for 19 minutes in total, although the tracker wouldn’t register stops less than 5 minutes. The race organiser have since confirmed that he stopped for a total time of 1hr 30min.

Hayden McCormick has a good grasp on second place. He has passed CP5 at Veleta pass and is heading for the finish. This is a incredible ride given that his seatpost clamp has been broken for the last 24hrs. He should finish this evening.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CE4WDUqIEgl/

The pair of David Rovira and Ricard Calmet continue to put in an amazing race. They are just approaching CP5 and have a commanding lead over the next pair.

Sonia Colomo still leads the way in the women’s race. She leads Yolanda Mollagon by over 100km. Therese Sunstrom has scratched the race unforutnately, meaning that Yishuang Gao moves up into third woman on the road. 

The battle for the top 10 mentioned at the start of the day has spread out somewhat over the course of the day. Oscar Pujol has fought back and is now sitting in 3rd place on the road. Daan Van Meeuwen is following him in 4th and Ashley Dennis remains in 5th. Jose Angel Diaz is around 10km in front of Hippy, who from the tweet below, would have seemed to have got through his rough patch. Bruno Ferrara is chasing Hippy down whilst Manuel Villabosos and Paulo Ferriara battle for 9th place. Given last night rides, there will be all manner of place changing overnight and it may come down to a spirit to the line for some of the racers.

https://twitter.com/firsthippy/status/1303268863182884865

Day 3 also saw the withdrawal from the race of Christian Meier, Liam Yates and Toni Calderon. Christian has a very good first day, but it seems the fatigue caught up with him. Liam and Toni were both fighting for top 10 positions before they withdrew. 

With Hayden and the pair of David Rovira and Ricard Calmet likely to finish overnight, make sure you check back tomorrow for the official times!


Into the Night - Day 3 Recap

After a great first day, Christian Meier has scratched Badlands 2020. Like James Hayden, the accumulated fatigue of Further has taken it's toll.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CE3596QK12K/

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