Tour Divide frontrunner Justinas Leveika, 35 of Lithuania (pictured) rode into Ovando on Sunday at about 11:30 a.m. He was followed by second place Laurens Ten Dam, of the Netherlands, at about 1 p.m. and third place Ulrich Bartholmoes, from Spain, around 4:15 p.m.
The riders are racing the Tour Divide on the 2,745-mile Great Divide Mountain Bike Route from Banff, Alberta to Antelope Wells on the Mexican-American border. Ovando is located right on the route.
The frontrunners took advantage of the Blackfoot Commercial Company to fill up on the required trail food: pastries, ice cream, Gatorade, gummies, chocolate milk, half and half and sausage links, whatever will fit in their minimal bike packs on the unsupported race.
Second place Ten Dam anticipated getting to Helena on Sunday night. The target finish for the frontrunners is 13 days for the 2,745-mile race. Racers have a satellite tracker that is visible online. The goal is to exceed Mike Hall's record time from 2016 of 13 days, 22 hours and 51 minutes.
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