A rest day is a new concept for Gerard Fusils' races, but looking at the teams most are need a break to refresh themselves. As dawn broke however, only a few times had arrived. The first two team were from the Adventure class as they missed out on the second cave.
WILSA SPORT HELLY HANSEN seem to have a firm grip on the race and once again won the stage, but they were chased home by COLUMBIA Lozère Sport Nature who were only a few minutes behind and then ABSOLUE RAID Décathlon St Orens. The UK challenge failed when HELLY HANSEN UK misread the route and as a result took them on a track which caused many punctures, it is a question if they will retain 5th place overall.
The Raider class is led by SOFERMI - RAID NATURE 46 once again stretching their lead over the other teams, RAID NATURE 09 and PIC ST LOUP AVENTURE.
The Adventure class were led in by SPORT-OUTDOOR.COM, who are now fighting back to regain the overall lead in the class which is held by BAYER - Vet Adventure Team who arrived in 3rd place this morning, the two teams were separated by Petit Casino.
The caving caused some controversy amongst the Raider and Adventure teams. When they were given a choice of a shorter route due to a long queue at the entrance, team already in the cave had not had a choice and as a result lost some three hours of daylight, which slowed them down.
The overall lead in Extreme is still held by WILSA SPORT HELLY HANSEN but WILSA WCUP CHTI Riad has lost 3rd place having lost time in the caving. HELLY HANSEN UK still remains in 5th place as a result of a bonus for fixing the damaged rope in the cave.
Raider classification is still led by SOFERMI - RAID NATURE 46 but Flying Avent'Hure Palfinger has dropped from 2nd to 4th place as a result of the caving.
The Adventure class has a completely new look again as a result of losses and gains in the canyoning and caving sections, those teams caught at the back loosing time with slower teams ahead of them blocking process in the cave where passing was impossible
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Race reflections from HELLY HANSEN UK the best parts of the race on the canal with all the portages and yesterdays canyoning. The worst memories so far was the 14 punctures yesterday when they passed along a road where the hedge had been trimmed leaving many sharp points to puncture tyres. The team only had one spare tyre and after this had to resort to patches. They worked together as a team on the assembly line to save time, however at one point Nicola could not find her blue handled tyre lever. A few minutes later another puncture solved the mystery, the level was inside the tyre and caused a new puncture.
The worst part of the race for Nicola was, the Dragonnairr cave, crawling though tight passages with your nose in the mud over stalagmites' and banging ones head against stalactites in an underground traffic jam. Her constant complaining caused the rest of the team to request ear defenders for the next cave!
WILSA SPORT HELLY HANSEN seem to have a firm grip on the race and once again won the stage, but they were chased home by COLUMBIA Lozère Sport Nature who were only a few minutes behind and then ABSOLUE RAID Décathlon St Orens. The UK challenge failed when HELLY HANSEN UK misread the route and as a result took them on a track which caused many punctures, it is a question if they will retain 5th place overall.
The Raider class is led by SOFERMI - RAID NATURE 46 once again stretching their lead over the other teams, RAID NATURE 09 and PIC ST LOUP AVENTURE.
The Adventure class were led in by SPORT-OUTDOOR.COM, who are now fighting back to regain the overall lead in the class which is held by BAYER - Vet Adventure Team who arrived in 3rd place this morning, the two teams were separated by Petit Casino.
The caving caused some controversy amongst the Raider and Adventure teams. When they were given a choice of a shorter route due to a long queue at the entrance, team already in the cave had not had a choice and as a result lost some three hours of daylight, which slowed them down.
The overall lead in Extreme is still held by WILSA SPORT HELLY HANSEN but WILSA WCUP CHTI Riad has lost 3rd place having lost time in the caving. HELLY HANSEN UK still remains in 5th place as a result of a bonus for fixing the damaged rope in the cave.
Raider classification is still led by SOFERMI - RAID NATURE 46 but Flying Avent'Hure Palfinger has dropped from 2nd to 4th place as a result of the caving.
The Adventure class has a completely new look again as a result of losses and gains in the canyoning and caving sections, those teams caught at the back loosing time with slower teams ahead of them blocking process in the cave where passing was impossible
.
Race reflections from HELLY HANSEN UK the best parts of the race on the canal with all the portages and yesterdays canyoning. The worst memories so far was the 14 punctures yesterday when they passed along a road where the hedge had been trimmed leaving many sharp points to puncture tyres. The team only had one spare tyre and after this had to resort to patches. They worked together as a team on the assembly line to save time, however at one point Nicola could not find her blue handled tyre lever. A few minutes later another puncture solved the mystery, the level was inside the tyre and caused a new puncture.
The worst part of the race for Nicola was, the Dragonnairr cave, crawling though tight passages with your nose in the mud over stalagmites' and banging ones head against stalactites in an underground traffic jam. Her constant complaining caused the rest of the team to request ear defenders for the next cave!