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Örnsköldsvik, 23 January 2006 |
| Now we are facing a new exciting adventure racing year, and the preparation for the AR World
Championship 2006, is going really good.
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ARWorld Series Dates to be Announced |
| The dates and events in the ARWorld Series 2006 will be announced on the new arworldseries.com website shortly |
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All Teams Home in 2005 Adventure Racing World Championship |
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All teams in the 2005 Adventure Racing World Championship have arrived home although some a little later than others.
Cross Sportswear crossed the finish at 6.47pm and Sierra International at 7.58pm last night.But the Kiwi team Orion Adventure did not arrive out of the bush at TA 10 until this morning at 8.15am. They missed the after party function and are all in good spirits! |
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Merrell finish |
| Merrell Wigwam have made it to Tauranga Bay in sixth place. |
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Fourth and fifth are in |
| Port Nelson has finished the race in fourth at 4.21pm 22 minutes ahead of Swedish team Halti who came in fifth. |
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11-Sep-2010 08:24:51 |
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Balance Vector on the Home Straight |
| 18-Nov-2005 09:21:34 |
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Kiwi powerhouse Balance Vector has a commanding lead over the chasing pack as they prepare to enter the final stage of the 2005 Adventure Racing World Championship in the Buller region of the West Coast of the Southern Alps.
Balance Vector is well into the mountain trek in the Paparoa’s and is now more than 15 hours ahead of now second placed Port Nelson, who was third into the transition area from the mountain bike to the trek through the Kirwans and Brunner Range.
Swedish team Cross Sportswear was second to the transition at 4.38pm and Port Nelson arrived at 4.46pm. Defending world champions US team Nike Balance Bar was only a minute behind them and closely followed by Lundhags Adventure, from Sweden.
Most teams in the chasing pack took the opportunity to rest in the hills at checkpoint 22 last night. Port Nelson reached the checkpoint at 9.23pm and gave themselves an hour and a half time-out. Lundhags Adventure, in third place, took an hour.
Nike Balance Bar, who rested for three hours at checkpoint 21, arrived in time to watch Lundhags Adventure departing and started the chase at 11.08pm.
Cross Sportswear, who took a two-hour break, left just after Nike Balance Bar at 11.20pm.
Port Nelson maintained the second place position, racing through checkpoint 23 on the trek at 5.45am. Nike Balance Bar and Lundhags Adventure are continuing to pressure the Kiwi team and arrived at 6.31am and 6.34am respectively.
There is expected to be a flurry of activity at the Buller River in the next few hours when teams race to the start of the kayaking section.
ARWorld Series director Geoff Hunt has made amendments to the course which has shortened the Paparoa’s trek and the following mountain bike section. The cut off on the river of 14.30 hours today has been extended to 21 hours.
Balance Vector will enter the Te Tahi Caves late morning and a number of protestors, concerned about the Department of Conservation granting a concession to the Adventure Racing Championship to use the cave as part of the race, have already gathered there.
Twenty teams are still racing on the course and barring any unforeseen problems Balance Vector is expected to complete the race at Tauranga Bay near Westport late this afternoon.
The West Coast Development Trust is the principal sponsor for the World Championship.
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