The first of Menon's live updates from the virtual race, with Bharat running inside the top four.
The opening dispatch in Menon's running coverage of Virtual RAAM 2020 places Bharat among the leading quartet as the multi-day race unfolds, with the field behind front-runner Hirokazu Suzuki of Japan tightly packed and positions changing through the day.
It is also the update in which the organisers' revised race rules come into play — the distance to be classed a finisher being reset mid-event, a change riders attributed to the course proving tougher than expected once cumulative climbing was increased to offset the comforts of riding at home.
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