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 points	POI points	total points
43	21	64	David	Tschan	Payerne	VD	CH
45	16	61	Jackson	Long	Hailey	ID	US
44	15	59	Alex	Schultz	Tucson	AZ	US
41	18	59	SS Brandon	Bettes	Flagstaff	AZ	US
37	18	55	Katya	Rakhmatulina	Berkeley	CA	US
35	19	54	Adam	Cordi	Encinitas	CA	US
38	13	51	Rawley	Macias	Escondido	CA	US
32	19	51	Ian	Nomura	Cypress	CA	US
42	8	50	Tim	Tait	Nucla	CO	US
30	19	49	Tiff	Smith	Los Angeles	CA	US
39	5	44	Matt	Kraemer	Julian	CA	US
34	10	44	Tori	Riemersma	Portland	OR	US
40	3	43	Filip	Tomaska	Santa Barbara	CA	US
33	6	39	Taylor	Mihelic	Sacramento	CA	US
31	8	39	SS Geoffrey	Wong	Costa Mesa	CA	US
26	11	37	Courtney	Currier	Redwood City	CA	US
36	0	36	SS Aaron	Johnson	Truckee	CA	US
26	9	35	Warren	Kommers	Bozeman	MT	US
29	5	34	Justin	Voorhees	Lemon Grove	CA	US
23	10	33	Jordan	Armstrong	Victor	ID	US
28	4	32	SS Tanner	Frady	Oklahoma City	OK	US
27	5	32	Ben	Titz	San Diego	CA	US
26	6	32	Manuel	Alvelo	Lake Elsinore	CA	US
22	8	30	Kevin	Emery	Victor	ID	US
20	8	28	Shelly	Peppenani	Hemet	CA	US
20	7	27	Sammy	Crane-Solis	Vista	CA	US
18	9	27	Jean-Francois	Vidon	Bourgoin	38	FR
16	10	26	Rich	Wessels	Driggs	ID	US
21	4	25	Jacob	Del Ponte	Lancaster	CA	US
16	9	25	Randy	Antonio	Temecula	CA	US
14	9	23	Meg	Knobel	San Diego	CA	US
7	12	19	Patrick	Casteel	San Diego	CA	US
17	0	17	Sean	Martin	Los Angeles	CA	US
6	11	17	Robert	McCarthy	San Diego	CA	US
10	4	14	Sam	Appelbaum	Portland	OR	US
13	0	13	Dru	Mccasland	Arcata	CA	US
12	1	13	Liz	Thompson	Albuquerque	NM	US
11	1	12	Jonathan	Fitz	Albuquerque	NM	US
5	6	11	Daniel	Nickel	San Jose	CA	US
2	8	10	Sam	johnstone	Julian	CA	US
9	0	9	Jeffrey	Taylor	Bend	OR	US
9	0	9	Ben	Cornett	Boise	ID	US
5	3	8	Sepie	Moinipanah	Portland	OR	US
1	7	8	Paul	Turner	Alpine	CA	US
3	0	3	Ryan	Dacey	West Covina	CA	US
0	0	0	Gregory	Shoats	Tustin	CA	US
	0SCR		Andrew	Hughes	Lake Arrowhead	CA	US
	0SCR		David	Giraud	Seattle	WA	US
	0SCR		devin	roche	San Francisco	CA	US
	0SCR		Drew	Zoghby	Sunnyvale	CA	US
	0SCR		SS Emily	Elliott	Redlands	CA	US
	0SCR		Jerome	lacote	Carlsbad	CA	US
	0SCR		Rich	Wolf	Julian	CA	US
	0SCR		Samuel	Dutson	San Diego	CA	US
	0SCR		Sarah	Snow	San Francisco	CA	US
	0SCR		Scott	Petrie	Golden	CO	US
	0SCR		Suzy	Moon Sommer	Golden	CO	US
	0SCR		Timur	Tusiray	Goleta	CA	US
	0DNS		Elden	Shoemaker	Hemet	CA	US
	0DNS		Isaac	Karsen	Austin	TX	US
	0DNS		James	Maxwell	Manhattan Beach	CA	US
	0DNS		Kara	Woolgar	Phoenix	AZ	US
	0DNS		Nikkie	Navarro	Carlsbad	CA	US