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August 9, 2019
Derby Day Three and it’s been three days of ride-rinse-repeat here (emphasis on the “rinse” – the rain has been relentless) on the steppe, and we are starting to see a more definitive split between the front runners and the back-packers. At the front end, the rat pack of 21 riders pushed on through five-horse stations to bring race action to horse station 12 – a mere 350+ ish km from the start line. Only 650+ more kilometres to go, guys – a piece of cake!
The lead has toggled back and forth between the front runners numerous times during the day, and our eyeballs have been crossed trying to keep tabs on who was doing what, where and why. The superb navigation skills of Ahmed (AA) Bob (RL) kept us all engrossed as their course zigged where other riders chose to zag, but ultimately cost them some precious time in the form of technical penalties for missing some mandatory course markers...
Read more here:
https://www.theadventurists.com/adventures/mongol-derby/updates/?fbclid=IwAR0bidCrOCXBkvCf1dpKBQcdtMTcvZ4ansrAcAyBRWJo7lUQri563xJRMjE#1
Daily updates here:
http://www.endurance.net/international/Mongolia/2019MongolDerby/
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