The Mountain Road blog featured the DC sendoff in this sunrise video (above).

The Fall 2020 Grand Depart and ITT season had a record 30+ riders attempting TransVA routes, including the classic TransVA 550 as well as the new Valley 520 and DC to Harrisonburg 200 routes. 

Huge efforts were seen across the board with 6 riders on the TransVA 550 course breaking the previous 2019 FKT held by Jonathan Ramirez (3d:14:58), two of whom finished more than 10 hours faster (Bertrand & Ed), and Ed Pickup setting the new FKT at 3 days, 1 hour and 40 minutes (3d:01:40). New FKTs were set for all categories on the 550 Route (male, female and single-speed), the Valley 520 Route, and DC to Harrisonburg 200 route

See table below, with links to Ride Reports as well!.

As hurricane Delta passed through the area October 10-12, many riders suffered mechanical issues and challenging conditions that contributed to a handful of DNFs. See the Trackleaders summary at http://trackleaders.com/transva20.

TransVA Fall 2020 Finishers (days : hours : minutes):

TransVA 550:

3:01:40 Ed Pickup (new FKT, overall winner!)

3:03:33 Bertrand Doron

3:10:15 Earl Smith (ITT) – Ride Report

3:10:22 Laura Hamm (Female FKT) – Ride Report

3:11:49 Pierson Hotchkiss

3:22:10 Chris Joice (single speed FKT) – Ride Report

3:22:10 Graham Skardon (single speed FKT)

6:07:55 Rob Allen

6:07:55 Chris DiLallio

7:09:46 Jeff Cheng

7:09:46 Stephen Proffitt – Ride Report

Valley 520:

3:10:30 Mitch Potter (FKT)

4:10:38 Cyndi Janetzko (including Potts & Mountain Lake) – Ride Report

7:09:46 Jason Gan

DC to Harrisonburg 200:

0:19:00 Trevor Cole (FKT, ITT) – Ride Report

1:06:18 Adam Jonas

4:00:00 Hyndy

Mark your calendars!

Grand Departs for 2021: May 22 @6am, October 9 @7am

Grand Departs for 2022: May 21 @6am, October 8 @ 7am

[Details here]