Abu Dhabi Adventure Challenge
Camel Concerns Force Rethink
Chris Archer / 12.12.2007
The first teams still in the ranking arrived at about 17:30 and ADCO BUFF COOLMAX (ESP) was clearly the fastest. However, most teams hadn’t completed the entire course, opting to “short circuit� certain bonus CPs.
“Everything went well with the camel except at the beginning when it tried to run off ...� Benjamin Midena of ADCO BUFF COOLMAZ revealed, “but Jukka, found a new vocation and was well up to the task, making the right choices for us and the camel.�
Eventually, as the day progressed, it was clear that the large majority of teams hadn’t been able to find the right “formula� to get their dromedary moving and the organisation, after deliberating for several hours, decided to consider the section as un-timed, meaning all times on this section will be considered as transition times and not be taken into account when calculating the ranking.
Because of the delay engendered by the camel/trek Section C, the start of the MTB Section D tomorrow morning will be delayed until 09:00 and the teams will race over a reduced course of 54km.
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