Salomon Suisse, Östra Fjällfjället Photo: Magnus Stenman

Salomon Suisse, Buff Nike-ACG and Montrail have now left Gielas for the Kickbike section. On water-soaked dirt roads they will race towards the Via Ferrata and the final ski run down to Hotel Kittelfjäll.

After an almost 3 hour break, the Swiss forced themselves to continue towards the finish. Luc has recovered from his early sickness and feels good, but now his team mates Alain and François have stomach problems.

Team Montrail have been struggling with the skiing, South African racer Martin Dreyer saying: "This is my first day skiing and I have crashed almost 60 times, my body is all sore, but I'm enjoying it very much".

Spanish team Buff Nike-ACG had some big navigation problems in the snow storm and lost a lot of time on CP 37, but with their ski-alpinism ski gear they gained time on the downhill run to CP 42.


This looks to be a thriller...