Well things seem to be back in action now. I will try to get caught up. The 7th leg is done and IKHP is still with the leaders, but there has been a lot of "shake-up" since the 5th leg...

After 7 legs there were at least 4 teams up front ...Kangasala, IKHP, Baekkelagets, and SK Pohjantahti Oulu!!!! I'm still waiting on some reports.

-- Mook (everett@psi.edu), April 28, 2001

Answers

The first 10 spots are separated by less than 1.5 minutes after the end of the 7th leg...

1  Haldens Skiklubb 1   
2  Kangasala SK 
3  DELTA   (Petri Forsman)
3  IK Hakarpspojkarna 1 
5  Baekkelagets Sportsklub 1 
6  Turun Suunnistajat 1 
7  SK Pohjantähti Oulu 1
8  OK Orion 1   
9  Ronneby OK 1
10 Turun Metsänkävijät 1   

...3 more follow behind with a ~3.5 minute gap...

11   Parma 1 (Juha Petola)
12   IFK Lidingö SOK 1
13   Farum Tisvilde OK 1

-- Mook (everett@psi.edu), April 28, 2001.

Apparently it was this 7th leg where all of the shake-up at the lead took place. Teams like Halden, IKHP, and TuS ran 6-10 minutes slower than the teams that caught up to them. Juha Peltola really had the hammer down on this leg!

-- Mook (everett@psi.edu), April 28, 2001.