We're four days into the Raid World Championship, and at the moment, there are three teams at the top of the leaderboard racing neck and neck for the lead. Nike Powerblast leads the way, but in a virtual dead heat with Wilsa Sport - Helly Hansen, and in third place is defending champ Les Arcs Quechua, an hour back, but within striking distance. These three teams got a jump on the others by getting off the water and avoiding a dark zone last night, which got them on their mountain bikes hours ahead of anyone else. Nike holds about a two hour lead over Wilsa in the compulsory rest time as well, while Les Arcs are four hours back. That all bodes well for Nike down the stretch run. At the moment, Spyder and Sport 2000 - Lafuma round out the top five. Lafuma is performing well, despite the fact that they haven't rested as long as the other teams, and haven't had much exposure in these expedition length races in the past.
The race is more than half-over now, so we can expect the teams to start crossing the finish line, I'd guess sometime on late Thursday or early Friday. Still plenty of racing to go though, and the podium is still up for grabs. Also, the "Media" sections of the Raid website have been updated with photos and video as well.
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