Today’s ride saw the cyclists bidding goodbye to Turkey and crossing into Syria. The total distance was shorter (about 114km) though border formalities inevitably take time – and the challenge spent two hours at the border, going through the necessary personal and vehicle checks.
The frontier was just over half way through the day’s route, [...]
Day 9 – Hatay (Turkey) to Aleppo (Syria)
16 Aug 2009, 16:53 
Day 8 – Kozan to Hatay, and Review of Turkey
16 Aug 2009, 10:16 Yesterday, day 8 of the Betfair Lifecycle Challenge, went well, and morale is once again high after the difficulties of the previous two days – in particular, the sleep deprivation suffered when most cyclists didn’t reach the accommodation at the end of day 7 until 1:30am.
The first 100km were flat, though for the rest of [...]
Day 7 – Avanos to Kozan
14 Aug 2009, 20:45 Updated 15 Aug at 12:30
Today has been a long, difficult day for the Betfair Lifecycle Challenge.
The route is at least 240km, and the first 40km took the cyclists over very rough terrain, with at least 15km of true off-road cycling – very hard on the joints, especially considering they have been riding long distances for [...]
Day 6 – Kirsehir to Avanos
13 Aug 2009, 16:21 After 2 long days, 240km and 200km, the cyclist had what they thought would be an easy day – only 90km! However, the length of the route may have been less than half the previous days but the road surface and head wind made up for that.
The cyclists started their ride at 08:00 and [...]
Day 5 – Cubuk to Kirsehir
12 Aug 2009, 20:10 Despite the length and difficulty of today’s ride (almost 200km with some long, drawn-out uphill gradients), everyone completed the route safely.
Having set off early this morning from Cubuk (just outside Ankara), the first cyclists arrived at Kirsehir at 6.00pm, and the last arrival was at 8.30pm, and no further injuries were sustained.
The majority of the [...]
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