Slovenia's Jure Robic rolled across the finish line of the Race Across America on Friday afternoon, winning an unprecedented 5th solo title in a span of just seven years.
The 45-year-old completed the 3,005-mile RAAM route from Oceanside, California, to Annapolis, Maryland, in 9 days, 1 hour and 1 minute. That's an average of 13.85 mph for the entire trip, including stops.
He was among 24 men who set out in the solo men's divisions at noon a week ago Wednesday. Ten have abandoned the race for various reasons.
2nd place
Those still racing are stretched out down the road for nearly 800 miles, all the way to Sullivan, Indiana.
The closest rider behind Robic, Gerhard Gulewicz of Austria, has passed through Hancock, Maryland, about 180 miles behind Robic. Gulewicz finished 3rd in 2008 and 2nd in 2009.
Robic, a member of Slovenia's armed forces, wasn't the first to finish, however. Two of the 8-man relay teams that started on Saturday, crossed the finish line Friday morning.
Teams
The first to finish was Team Type 1, whose riders averaged a blazing 22.97 mph. Team ViaSat finished about four hours later.
As of Friday evening, the four-man Bandwidth.com team is the only other group to finish. There are various categories to 2-, 4- and 8-persons still out on the course.
See the Leaderboard for positions of all the cyclists.
[The video at left shows Robic interacting with people at the Mt. Airy, Maryland, time station. It's about 60 miles from the finish.]
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