They lost themselves after a few minutes and found themselves blocked in the inextricable tangle of branches. After having criss-crossed in every possible way on 100m² of ground (which they now know off by heart ! ), they realize that they are definitively lost. They have tried everything, have crawled, used their rucksacks as shields to protect themselves from being scratched but there was nothing to do ! This misadventure doesn’t seem to have affected them that much because when we meet Anne-Chantal, Patrick and Thierry in the streets of Audde, they are laughing heartily ! Professional of good temper and derision in all circumstances, Patrick proposes to create a new Corsica Raid just for his team, the Corsica Raid Creative Spirit : indeed, they have a very personal and poetical conception of orientation skills and are always where you don’t expect them at all ! We would like to thank them for the great laugh we had together and congratulate them for their permanent sense of humour?

Other teams made it to the end of the section but it wasn’t an easy task. The team 20, Coralia Sofitel Porticcio took 9h45 to complete the itinerary and had to struggle against the scrubland as well. The members of the team 14, Prosetel Aresta Castellbisbal, after being leader on the last sections, have lost their way at the same time as their 1rst place; they also got a penalty for missing waymark n°19.

The team 11, Raid Italia, found itself on the road (!) and got a 15 min penalty to which was added another one for missing waymark n°20.

The teams 01 (Expéraids), 15 (Planet XA Pro) and 9 (Pedini Cuccine) are those who pulled out the best and took the lead. It’s even more impressive when we know that the team 01 got 2 hours of penalty for not staying within voice range and that the 15 got 1 hour for having lost their map !!!

As for the competitors of the team 04 Ardeche, they did a real “tour de force” : they were the best on this section while they had been the worst on yesterday’s mtb, proof that everything is possible on the Corsica Raid !

The course that the racers had to follow this night borrows part of the itinerary of the magnificient mountain race of the Auddaninca which has its 4th birthady this year and xill take place on the 21rst August 2005.
This mountain race will enable mountain addicts to test their physical performances on an itinerary studied with the best attention. It’s also a great occasion to make the village of the inside live again and promote the touristic potential of the corsican mountain. The Aullène race will take some mule tracks, animal ways, sheepkeepers’ roads…
We invite you to participate in this superb race and we congratulate our friends of the
Auddanica association. You can get more information on auddaninca.free.fr or by writing to info@auddaninca.net.

Michel Vatin, from the team 23 Pompiers de Seine et Marne, is back on the race. After a impressive fall from his mountain bike yesterday in Vizzavona, he had to get 13 stitches at the hospital to sew up his cheek. His left eye is very swollen but Michel continues the race and should be beginning the mtb section very soon. He promised us to be extra careful this time ! Only regret, he will miss the canyon section tomorrow and he was waiting for it since the beginning of the race. Courage and luck to all this team, we hope they will enoy the rest of the race.

Even before the departure given at 09h00 pm in the forest, some teams already know that they won’t make it to the Verde Col. The team 23 Pompiers de Seine et Marne has to stay back because one of the team mates need medical care :he scorched his cheek during the mountain bike section (the low branches and the thick corsican scrubland are terrible …) and the wound needs some stitches before setting off again on the race.

The team 7, team CSL Gendarmerie de Bordeaux, has been in difficulty during all the day and has missed most of the race sections. They feel exhausted. The team mates decide not to take the departure for the night section in ordzer to muster up strengh and try to set off again in the morning. Around 10h00 pm, after a lot of thinking they finaly decide to withdraw from the competition and leave the Corsica Raid !!! Too tired, physicaly and psychologicaly marked by the difficulty of the race, they prefer to stop.

Around midnight, the team 6, Steel Triathlon, is in turn stopped by the medical staff : the doctors think that their state of tiredness is far too important to let them continue. The organization wakes up their assistance who comes to fetch them and will take care of them till the morning.

After a long section along the mythical GR20, the 1rst team to arrive at the Col de Verde around 00h00 is the number 1 Expéraids, always very very strong and motivated.They surprise everyone by being so fast.

The last ones arrive very tired around 6 h oo in the morning whilst the departure is at 07h00.