Cross sportswear puts the hammer down on the last sections

Swedes take the victory

The secret destination turned out to be south of Lappland with Kittelfjäll as base camp. The course was 620 km long. The racers explored scenic peaks and ridges, icy cold streams, frozen lakes and endless dirt-roads during this great expedition. The race became physically and mentally gruelling, strikingly beautiful and spectacular.

Explore Sweden's second edition attracted 13 of the best teams in the world. Teams coming from South Africa, New Zeeland, Australia, USA, Canada, Finland, Denmark, Switzerland, France, Sweden and Spain. After 76 hours and 20 minutes, Mats Andersson, Natasha Westling, Anders Widegren and Per Vestling in swedish team Cross Sportswear won the race.

AR World Championships 2006 hosted in Sweden

Next year, Explore Sweden will host the AR World Championships 2006.

Geoff Hunt, president of AR World Series and Southern Traverse Ltd, announced that Explore Sweden will arrange the world championships in adventure racing 2006.

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The dates for AR World Championship 2006 will be 16-23 of August and the location will be announced during autumn 2005.

"A long and conscious effort to arrange adventure races is finally paying off, we have with Explore Sweden 2004 and 2005 showed that we can arrange adventure races of world class, and that we now have to opportunity to arrange the World Champs in 2006 is a big dream that comes true," says Helena Lind.