TMR 2026 Day 2: At The Speed of Bike

Day two of the inaugural Taurus Mountain Race, and the field has well and truly spread out. A night of thunderstorms has left riders scraping peanut-butter mud from their tyres. Some slept on mosque verandas, in goat sheds and under concrete shelters. Others found a warm welcome from strangers, including a Syrian refugee family offering tea, dry clothes and a litter of kittens. We catch riders pushing up the hike-a-bike before CP1, chat with others as they head back out from the checkpoint, and follow them through the cedar forests and up onto the yaylas.

Riders featured in this episode:

• John Roe — Cap 161
• Tori Riemersma — Cap 159
• Justine Rondeau — Cap 162
• Blair Blackwell — Cap 15
• Gürkan Alarçin — Cap 2
• Catherine de Medici Jaffee — Cap 36
• Lucas Le Glaunec — Cap 108
• Steven Petrar — Cap 149
• Melina Boening — Cap 16
• Maarten Vanhaverbeke — Cap 203
• Leanne Bentley — Cap 11
• Maxi Unger — Cap 199
• Merlijn Sluiter — Cap 177
• Svenja Betz — Cap 13
• Rogan Martin — Cap 117
• Emma Bateup — Cap 10
• Jacob Dugdale — Cap 46

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Production & hosting by Mel Webb

Sound design by Ben Crannell

Music by Visal

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