Big Rides around the World

Couple of bits of exciting news for cycle adventurers. Mike Hall has just set a new world record for riding round the world. Check out the details here:
http://road.cc/content/news/59544-mike-hall-smashes-round-world-record-time-91-days-18-hours

And on the 8th June, this years Tour Divide kicks off at either end of the North American continental divide. Kiwi Brevet veterans Ollie Whalley and Nathan Mawkes are starters. Good luck guys!
You can follow their blue dots here:
http://trackleaders.com/tourdividei.php?name=Every_Man

Hopefully there will be some coverage here to - http://tourdivide.org/ and here http://mtbcast.com/site2/