Yesterday was another massive day transporting the riders over 800km towards Cordoba but it was again cut short due to excessive rain fall leaving the riders with a 364km liason stage to get to the original CP4 where the racing stage of 220km began. The open dunes and trackless terrain of the past few days have now gone leaving a sense of relief to those still in the race. On stages nine and ten alone the rally lost over 20 riders and there seems a clear agreement between competitors that this years event has been particularly brutal even with its plethora of shortened stages.
The great news yesterday for Stan was that the 4hrs time penalty announced the day before was revoked and this showed in his 23rd starting place which makes him the UK top rider!!! Today however the 4hrs seems to be back in place this means his starting position this morning was 39th. We are not sure what overall ranking is true at the moment. Suffice to say we are chasing this information now and will anounce it when we know.
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Stan, just found this blog, thanks to Julia telling me about it this morning...
ReplyDeleteGood luck for the finish and see you home very soon...
The Ritches down the road in whitechurch
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Absolutely gutted to hear they re-imposed your penalty due to a protest by another rider - it's amazing the depths some people will sink to to be best Brit - but don't let it get to you Stan, there's a heroes welcome waiting for you when you get home!
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Hey Stan
ReplyDeleteWe are all gutted for you but as Gary says there will be a heroes welcome for you when you get back.
Steve H