In this episode of the Bikepack Adventures Podcast, I have the chance to catch up with Meaghan Hackinen in the aftermath of her dominant Tour Divide Race, in which she set the new women's FKT, with a time of 14 days, 10 hours, 2 minutes.

I highly encourage you to check out our past conversations if you want to get to know more about Meaghan.

In this episode I want to unpack what might go down as one of the most complete Tour Divide performances we've ever seen. Meaghan beat her 2024 Grand Depart FKT time by approximately 37 hours, and Austin Killips ITT time by more than half a day. With Meaghans 2026 women's FKT, she has joined a pretty small group of riders, both men and women, to have won the Tour Divide Grand Depart on more than one occasion.

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