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The Jury is Out on the Final Places

Raid Reporters / 04.12.2004

AXN-Nike of Argentian and Les Arcs Quechua arrived in 4th and 5th place at the end of a last testing day. The Argentinean team certainly knew the ground better than any else and made a remarkable rise up the leaderboard at the end of the race to finish at 15:09. A little too extraordinary perhaps, as it would seem they were helped by a local mountain guide ... The jury will consider the question when all the teams have arrived.

Approximately four hours later, the first French team, Les Arcs Quechua crossed the finishing line on the beach of San Martin de Los the Andes. However, their classification is also subject to confirmation as it seems they did not succeed in finding CP41. Along with Spie The North Face they chose to give up the search rather than turn back in search of the is mysterious CP.

Ertips of France, who were in last place at the end of the horse riding section succeeded in finishing 6th after an appalling night in the cold and snow. Their champagne toast was richly ldeserved as they arrived at 21h20 as dusk fell.

\"This last night was horrible\" said Jerome Dumoulin. \"Jean-Yves and me were asleep on our feet, and Eric and Marie-Pierre pleaded with us not to stop. In that terrible cold, it was not advisable to stop. Daybreak gave us a boost and we were glad to finish.\"

They raced to the finish against the Swedes of Cross-Country Races Sportswear, who arrived fifteen minutes after the French team. Corredor Andino Neuquentur (Arg) and Merrell Zanfel Adventure (Nzl) reportedly had the courage to go back and search for CP41 and are currently approaching the finish line as the final finishers in the race.

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