Today Wulong Mountain Quest in China started with a prologue. The prologue consisted of:
2 km running
0.5 km chair run
4 km bike and run
6 km mountainbike
2 km running
The day started with an impressive opening ceremony with lots of public watching (see photos below).
We had a good start and was around 5-10th place and could gain some positions on the bike and run. Mattias fell on the bike due to another team running into his handle bar when he was passing. Luckily there were no major injuries on either of them.
On the next leg, mountainbike, we passed Team Peakadventure and kept the position on the last run into the finish. The final results for the 10 first team in the prologue are:
1 Team Toread 40:39
2 Tineli nz 41:42
3 Thule Adventure Team 41:44
4 Team Haglöfs Silva 42:26
5 www.peakadventure.com.au 42:41
6 Oso Negro 44:43
7 Team Kolumb 44:46
8 China University of Geosciences 45:38
9 Team Redbull 46:04
10 Karlstad Multisport 46:21
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- We did a short run the yesterday. Sorry that we don’t have any photos from the race…
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- Impressive opening ceremony!
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- Many locals coming to see the opening ceremony despite the rain.
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- Chair running. A snapshot from the bus window of the chairs we carried on the 2nd leg.
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- Not many that enjoyed Gainomax as recovery after the prologue. Definitely worth bringing from Sweden!
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- Happy team after finishing 4th on the prologue.
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- The podium: 1st Toread (NZ), 2nd Tieli NZ, 3rd Thule (SWE/FR/NZ)
Tomorrow waits the following legs with estimated times in parathesis:
1 Kayking 12km (60min)
2 Run 4km, 700 m altitude (40min)
3 Bike and run 8km (60min)
4 MTB 34 km (80min)
5 Abseil 90m (20min)
Heja på och kul att kunna följa er på tävlingen även om det inte är live via gps.
Låter inte kul med din cykel vurpa Mattias men med tanke på dagens avancemang så verkar den inte ha tagit så hårt
Fortsatt “good luck” och håll er borta från närgångna lag.