Richard looks back on the Tour Divide

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In his final Tour Divide blog, Richard looks back on the 25 days that saw him travel 4,431 km/2,753 miles, climbing over 200,000 vertical feet, traversing the length of the Rocky Mountains from Canada to the Mexican Border.

READ RICHARD’S FINAL TOUR DIVIDE BLOG HERE.

WATCH RICHARD'S SPECIALIZED TOUR DIVIDE VIDEO.

Richard took on this epic self-supported time trial as part of a training block towards his next world first project, which is planned for 2016. He completed the Tour Divide on his Specialized Stumpjumper in 25 days, 17 hours and 06 minutes.

The Tour Divide follows the Great Divide mountain bike route, the world's longest off-road cycling route, which travels through Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia, and the United States of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico.

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In Richard’s final blog, he talks about the highs and lows and the beauty and brutality of this incredible race, as well as some of the incredible people he encountered along the way.

Read more of Richard's Tour Divide Blogs here.