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Team BF-Recycle - Eau Everest wins the 2005 Éco Bois Champigny

Jean-Thomas Boily / 15.08.2005

Magog, August 15 2005. After 3 days of intense racing, the Canada-Finland team BF-Recycle Eau Everest (Stéphane Barre (Captain), Jocelyn Corbeil, Sophie Limoges and the navigator Iiro Kako) wins the the race after an incredible performance on the last leg of the event. It took them 26H18:08 minutes to cover the 250 Km of the race, 40 minutes in front of team Centre du bicycle Ste-Foy from Canada (27H01:04). The 3rd team to reach the finnish was DDI.Com wtih a time of 27H59:30. At the start of the last leg sunday morning, there was less than 20 minutes between the first 3 teams. The mens categorie was won by team Momo Sport-Xerox-The North Face in 22H51:47.
Many surprises awaited the team during the 3 days adventure. They swam across a 5 km long river in the total blackness on saturday night, rappel down a 35 meters cliff, jump a 10 meters high cliff in the water and they even had to deal with a black bear who was right by P.C. 18. Luckily, the park ranger was there to assure the safety of the teams. The teams also climbed many mountains and they finish the race by a canoe section that arrived on the beautiful shore of Memphrémagog Lake.
The organisers were very happy of the race with 15 of the 16 teams that finished. Only team Measured Journey from United States had to quit after one of their team-mates had a bad fall on a night bike section and hurt a knee. The organisers wish to thank all the volunteers that made this event possible.

You can review the race pictures and the race progression on the organisation satellite view on www.enduranceaventure.com on the live section.

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