Team Nike Powerblast has been crowned the 2006 Raid World Champions! After a late night mountain bike section, the team used up it's remaining seven hours of rest time, and then took off early this morning to finish off the race, and the competion. At this time, no other teams have crossed the finishline, but Wilsa Sport - Helly Hansen is in second place, with GoLite-Timberland in third, and Adidas Natventure in fourth, all of whom are racing close to one another, and vying for a podium finish.
The real question at the moment, is what happend to Les Arcs Quechua? They were running a close second to Nike the last we heard, but they have currently fallen to 6th place, behind Team Spyder who are running a great race and are currently looking like the 5th place finisher. I guess we'll have to wait until the race is over to find out what happened to the defending champs.
My blogs on these expedition length world championship adventure races are all starting to sound the same. "Nike Wins!" The team really is the best in the world, and they've proven it again in 2006 with wins in Primal Quest, The AR World Championships in Sweden, and now The Raid. Huge congratulations once more to Nike, and good luck to the rest of the field in the remaining races of 2006.
Update: The podium is set at the 2006 Raid World Championship, as Wilsa Sport - Helly Hansen have claimed second place and GoLite Timberland third. Adidas Natventure and Les Arcs are currently fourth and fifth respectively. Further updates to come.
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