The anchor leg is 16.1km. Mats Haldin will lead the field out with a big lead for Halden.

-- Mook (mook@mook.com), April 24, 2004

Answers

At the first radio control, it is the same 3 club following Halden, now just under 12 minutes behind.

-- Mook (mook@mook.com), April 24, 2004.

The gap between KR, TP, and S-N back to DELTA and Goteborg-Majorna seems to have gone up now... we're still waiting to see them

Here are the two, running together, Novikov and Shepherd more than 20 minutes behind Halden.

-- Mook (mook@mook.com), April 24, 2004.

It's Peter Hemmyr for Soedertaelje, Michal Jedlicka for Tamp. Py., and and Thierry Gueorgiou for Kalevan Rastii. Who will emerge for an honorable second and who will leave his team out of the medals?

-- Mook (mook@mook.com), April 24, 2004.

It's IFK Goteborg and Turun Met. in 7th and 8th at the first radio.

-- Mook (mook@mook.com), April 24, 2004.

There's a very large group starting the leg now, some 42 minutes or so after the lead.

-- Mook (mook@mook.com), April 24, 2004.

It's interesting to see that sometimes the video picture looks pretty good and other times it's like looking through vaseline only worse, and all you can make out are blurred colors. Anyway, Halden has gone through varvning just now, and is going to win very easily.

-- Swampfox (wmikell@earthlink.net), April 25, 2004.

The marsh by this radio control has turned into a good pig slop.

-- Mook (mook@mook.com), April 25, 2004.

Kalevan Rasti has separated itself a bit from the others and may be a good bet for 2nd.

-- Mook (mook@mook.com), April 25, 2004.

Soedertaelje-Nykvarn and TP are 3rd and 4th at the warning control. DELTA has come through 5th.

-- Mook (mook@mook.com), April 25, 2004.

It's actually a spectator control where the course loops back by the finish, and not a warning control for the end of the race.

-- Swampfox (wmikell@earthlink.net), April 25, 2004.

This seems to be a long 4.1km loop!

-- Mook (mook@mook.com), April 25, 2004.

Something happened out in the forest!

-- Mook (mook@mook.com), April 25, 2004.

It's Halden coming into the finish!

-- Mook (mook@mook.com), April 25, 2004.

2nd was Kalevan Rasti.

An exciting one on one duel proceeds for third between S.-N. and T.P... it's Soedertaelje-Ny. in third!

-- Mook (mook@mook.com), April 25, 2004.