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Tour Divide 2022 Update Number 3–Day 15

The race leader, Sofiane Sehili of France, has finished the 2,618.1-mile course in less than 15 days

Randy Runtsch
Bicycle Trekker
Published in
4 min readJun 25, 2022

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The author’s son, Nick Runtsch, arrives at Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.
The author’s son, Nick Runtsch, arrives at Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. Photo courtesy of Nick Runtsch.

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According to the Tour Divide (TD) 2022 Live Tracker by Track Leaders, Parisian Sofiane Sehili has finished the race. It took him 14 days, 16 hours, and 36 minutes to ride 2,618.1 miles (estimated initially at 2,745 mi) to the finish line in Antelope Wells, New Mexico.

Lunch stop in Wyoming.
Lunch stop in Wyoming. Photo courtesy of Nick Runtsch.

Almost precisely fifteen days into the race, five other riders have passed the 2,400-mile mark and are poised to arrive in Antelope Wells within two days. They are Manu Cattryse of Belgium (2,541.2 mi), Adriene Liechte of Switzerland (2,492.3 mi), Abe Kaufman of the United States (2,463.7 mi), Andy Leveto of the United States (2,430.7 mi), and Ben Steurbart of Belgium (2,411.9 mi).

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Randy Runtsch
Bicycle Trekker

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