HMR 2026 Day 2: Up and Over

May 25 · 29 min · Season 10 · Episode 4 · 42.7 MBExplicit

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Day two of the fourth Hellenic Mountain Race takes us to CP1 at the Mount Smolikas refuge, reached only by a tough nine-kilometre hike-a-bike over the second-highest peak in Greece. What follows is one of the finest, and gnarliest, single tracks in the country. Riders trickle in bleary-eyed and hungry, swapping stories of punctures, loose cranks, bear tracks and not-quite-enough sleep over spaghetti bolognese and Coke.

Riders featured in this episode:

Glenn Bloemen — Cap 211A
Thomas Ceyrowsky — Cap 211B
Richard Lebon — Cap 140
Michael Hayward-Brazier — Cap 124
Gala Giannini — Cap 62
Anastasis Tirtigos — Cap 11
Carl Hopps — Cap 29
Alex MacLean — Cap 7
Mario Conradt — Cap 110
Stephane Ouaja — Cap 156
Emma Missale — Cap 209A
Sean Geivett — Cap 209B

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Production & hosting by Mel Webb

Sound design by Ben Crannell

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