4 groups have been neck and neck for a whole lot of miles of the Journey Racing World Championships, competing ferociously to be the primary to cross the end line in Cuenca, Peru. To date, groups have traversed chilly, high-altitude mountain plains, fast-flowing rivers, and dense, humid forests.
Now, groups from France, Estonia, Sweden, and Brazil are closing in on the house stretch — and the two-time world champions are beginning to path behind in third.
The World Championship expedition journey racing course is 348 miles lengthy, beginning and ending in Cuenca, Ecuador. It contains trekking, mountain biking, and pack-rafting sections. The route rises from elevations beneath 8,200 toes to above 11,500 toes in some locations. Groups should navigate utilizing solely a paper map and compass and be self-sufficient.
The winners are anticipated to complete in Cuenca’s La Gloria stadium early on Wednesday, Dec. 4.
“[This is] one of the vital thrilling finishes to a World Championship [race] in years,” a spokesperson from the Journey Racing World Sequence (ARWS) advised GearJunkie.
Journey Racing World Championships: 4 Groups, Duking It Out
The race up to now has been a decent one, based on reviews. 400team from France took an early lead and stays first as of this writing. Nevertheless, throughout the pack rafting stage, one in all 400team’s boats capsized, they usually misplaced a backpack filled with important climbing gear. They took a 1-hour penalty to get the tools changed.
Behind 400team is Estonian Tactical Foodpack in second place, the Swedish Armed Forces Journey Crew in third, and Brazil Multisport in fourth. The Swedish Armed Forces Crew presently holds two consecutive World Championships.
Ought to the groups from France, Estonia, or Brazil win, it will likely be their first journey racing world title. ARWS mentioned that the Estonian crew got here out of nowhere, and “this was not anticipated of them.”
At present, the main groups are ending the 56-mile mountain trekking stage and are about to embark (in the event that they haven’t already) on the ultimate leg of this exhausting race — a 68-mile mountain biking stage that’s anticipated to take the racers 12 hours.
The aim for the groups not within the lead is to complete the race with no missed checkpoints. For the groups furthest again, the aim is merely to complete the race earlier than it ends on Saturday, Dec. 7.
You possibly can comply with the racers and get real-time outcomes on the 2024 ARWC Huairasinchi dwell monitoring web site.
