Another day of kayaking, bit with a difference as it was down the Adeche River and passed through a gorge with sections of rapids. Teams set off at 1 minute intervals in race order, so WILSA SPORT HELLY HANSEN was first away shortly after six. Most teams usd sea kayaks but a couple of teams used K2, which they had to portage them around the rapid. A few of the teams got caught out in the rapids and had a early bath.
Once again HELLY HANSEN UK had a excellent start and were in 2nd place at the first transition Saint-Martin- D'Ardeche, but then once on mountain bikes they lost their way allowing all but one of the extreme teams to overtake them. Extreme and Raider classes spent the afternoon underground in the 2 K Fees Cave, around Thaaux.
WILSA SPORT HELLY HANSEN took longer than expected to complete the caving as they had to backtrack when they went the wrong way. The team are pacing themselves as thre of the mebrs have a race in China in a few weeks time.
Tonight the teams will doing orienteering, Mountain biking and along kayak of 51K.
There have been no further changes in ranking at mis stage of this leg, and due to limited internet access there will be no further news until tomorrow