Tour Divide Ride

The Tour Divide is an annual single stage Mountain Bike Race that takes place in Canada and the USA during June and July.

The race begins in Banff (Alberta, Canada), proceeds through the Rocky Mountains and ends in Antelope Wells (New Mexico, USA).

It is a single stage, self supported mountain bike race over a distance of 2745 miles and is arguably the toughest bike race in the world. The race starts on 8th June 2012.

The challenge of the race lies not only in its distance and the difficulty of the terrain: racers must also be entirely self-supported for the duration of the race, are required to bivouac trailside.

They must be prepared to ride for distances of up to 180 miles per day for up to 20 hours per day until they complete the route. At the finish line racers will have climbed more than 200,000 ft.

Major Jon Cox is a Company Commander in The Parachute Regiment. He plans to compete in the 2012 Tour Divide to raise money for The Parachute Regiment Charity.

You can read more about Jon’s adventure  and follow him by tracker at his ParaDivideRide website, where you can also donate online. Alternatively you can donate directly.