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Old 05-28-2017, 06:11 PM
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The race is over and we are heading home tomorrow. It will take almost a week.

Our man Anders Becker Johansen got an injury in the elbow early in the race, but completed one lap. Not the best of fates in his first world top level extreme race. Another rider dropped his bike from some meters above, and it ended up on Anders standing at the bottom of a very steep hill.

Our Swedish friend, Magnus Thor completed two full laps and ended up around number 15 in the pro class. That's a good result and Magnus is happy.

The Extreme XL Lagares is a very spectacular race that has three different stages. First, the prologue in Porto (as mentioned in earlier posts, sorry for the crappy night images). Then, in the evening, an endurocross race. The pro class started around 2300.
Then, on Sunday, a six hour race in the most extreme terrain. Steep up and down hills, river crossings, riding up and down creeks (in the water), tunnels, you name it, Lagares has got it.

There are no official results yet.
Two GG bikes in the pro class: one 17 model and one of the new 18 models.

I have uploaded some (better) images at http://kvenna.piwigo.com/index?/cate...s_extreme_2017
It's mostly from the pits and start/finish, as I had to be there all the time during the race. Anders is #19 and Magnus is #20. You may recognize some of the other top level riders
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