ANTELOPE WELLS, N.M. — Bend’s Alice Drobna was the first woman to the cross the finish line Saturday in the Tour Divide, a 2,745-mile mountain bike race along the Continental Divide from the Canadian Rockies to the badlands of the Mexican Plateau.

Drobna, 39, also set the singlespeed record for the race, which she finished in 22 days, 6 hours, 36 minutes. She placed 11th overall out of 119 riders who started the annual ride on June 13 in Banff, Alberta, Canada.

The self-supported bikers experience nearly 200,000 feet of elevation gain by route’s end at the U.S.-Mexico border in the unincorporated community of Antelope Wells, in the Bootheel region of New Mexico.

The Tour Divide offers no prize money, and about 60 percent of entrants drop out at some point in the race each year, according to the event’s website. Riders must finish in less than 30 days to receive an official race time.

—Bulletin staff report