RAO 04 Update
Saturday June 5, 2004 by George
Eighteen SOLO Riders left the starting gate promptly at 5:00am this morning. Weather was 58 degrees, drizzle, with a light tail wind. Six two man teams started at 7:00 am. The rain had stopped, the road was dry and temperature was 60 degrees. Four man teams are schedluled to start at 9:00 am. We will be updating this BLOG as the race developes.
At 10:05, five of the six four man relay teams are neck and neck at the first exchange point in heavy rain. At 8:02 Grime and Punishment reported being off course and called in for instructions. At 10:02 the crew of Rieks Koning called in to report that Rieks was forced to withdraw from the race due to illness. He reported a fever from last night.
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