2026

This year’s Grand Depart had a scavenger hunt/optional POI point system integrated into the final placements to encourage visiting interesting features in the region. Finishers received points based on their finish place, and also additional points depending how many POIs they visited during the ride. Ties were broken based on finish time, see full points list below, and for those interested, the list of POIs is included at the bottom of the page. We flew to the coast, baked in the desert, hiked in the sand, and crawled back up the mountain. Thanks for playing along!

Overall (& top 3 men):

David Tschan 45hr 46min 64 points
Jackson Long 41hr 15min 61 points
Alex Shultz 44hr 28min 59 points

Women:

Katya Rakhmatulina 54hr 15min 55 points
Tiff Smith 70hr 30min 49 points
Tori Riemersma 59hr 40min 44 points

Singlespeed:

Brandon Bettes GnarNasty 51hr 18min 59 points
Geoffrey Wong 62hr 49min 39 points
Aaron Johnson 55hr 31min 36 points

ITTs (did not include POIs):

Kyle Farrar 57hr 55min
Everett Werner 39hr 8min

Sideshow (March 27th) had a serious heatwave throughout, and riders were given an alternate option to skip the desert entirely. Ken and Andrew took the alternate, and Wesley rode into the desert and mostly through the night to take advantage of the temperatures:

Wesley Wright 4d 9hr 46min
Ken Kugel 7d 6hr 7min*
Andrew Manalo SCR

Finish pointsPOI pointstotal points
432164DavidTschanPayerneVDCH
451661JacksonLongHaileyIDUS
441559AlexSchultzTucsonAZUS
411859SS BrandonBettesFlagstaffAZUS
371855KatyaRakhmatulinaBerkeleyCAUS
351954AdamCordiEncinitasCAUS
381351RawleyMaciasEscondidoCAUS
321951IanNomuraCypressCAUS
42850TimTaitNuclaCOUS
301949TiffSmithLos AngelesCAUS
39544MattKraemerJulianCAUS
341044ToriRiemersmaPortlandORUS
40343FilipTomaskaSanta BarbaraCAUS
33639TaylorMihelicSacramentoCAUS
31839SS GeoffreyWongCosta MesaCAUS
261137CourtneyCurrierRedwood CityCAUS
36036SS AaronJohnsonTruckeeCAUS
26935WarrenKommersBozemanMTUS
29534JustinVoorheesLemon GroveCAUS
231033JordanArmstrongVictorIDUS
28432SS TannerFradyOklahoma CityOKUS
27532BenTitzSan DiegoCAUS
26632ManuelAlveloLake ElsinoreCAUS
22830KevinEmeryVictorIDUS
20828ShellyPeppenaniHemetCAUS
20727SammyCrane-SolisVistaCAUS
18927Jean-FrancoisVidonBourgoin38FR
161026RichWesselsDriggsIDUS
21425JacobDel PonteLancasterCAUS
16925RandyAntonioTemeculaCAUS
14923MegKnobelSan DiegoCAUS
71219PatrickCasteelSan DiegoCAUS
17017SeanMartinLos AngelesCAUS
61117RobertMcCarthySan DiegoCAUS
10414SamAppelbaumPortlandORUS
13013DruMccaslandArcataCAUS
12113LizThompsonAlbuquerqueNMUS
11112JonathanFitzAlbuquerqueNMUS
5611DanielNickelSan JoseCAUS
2810SamjohnstoneJulianCAUS
909JeffreyTaylorBendORUS
909BenCornettBoiseIDUS
538SepieMoinipanahPortlandORUS
178PaulTurnerAlpineCAUS
303RyanDaceyWest CovinaCAUS
000GregoryShoatsTustinCAUS
0SCRAndrewHughesLake ArrowheadCAUS
0SCRDavidGiraudSeattleWAUS
0SCRdevinrocheSan FranciscoCAUS
0SCRDrewZoghbySunnyvaleCAUS
0SCRSS EmilyElliottRedlandsCAUS
0SCRJeromelacoteCarlsbadCAUS
0SCRRichWolfJulianCAUS
0SCRSamuelDutsonSan DiegoCAUS
0SCRSarahSnowSan FranciscoCAUS
0SCRScottPetrieGoldenCOUS
0SCRSuzyMoon SommerGoldenCOUS
0SCRTimurTusirayGoletaCAUS
0DNSEldenShoemakerHemetCAUS
0DNSIsaacKarsenAustinTXUS
0DNSJamesMaxwellManhattan BeachCAUS
0DNSKaraWoolgarPhoenixAZUS
0DNSNikkieNavarroCarlsbadCAUS