Absolutely there are riders in Canada, Sweden and Finland that literally chew miles days in and days out and because of the weather they are being handicapped by this. I mean, it makes no f.. sense to do this challenge in winter. If they were in SoCal like Roger they can literally ride everyday for last 120 days or so, no rains, warm weather.. for those up north, they have zero chance.. Unless this was designed to benefit only few, this makes no sense