Yukon Quest 2015 – Day 10
Allen waited and made his move at Mile 101. It is going to be a sprint to the finish. Allen is bedding down at Two Rivers with Brent just outside.
Rob Cooke and the Red Lantern are resting at Trout Creek.
Update: The bad news for the finish is that Fairbanks is already at 21°F at 6AM AKST. The puppies are going to have to trade their jackets for sweat bands for the final 70+ miles. The teams have gone from the freezer to the oven in this race. (There has been an 80°F temperature differential from the start to the end, without considering wind chill.)
Update: Ed Hopkins seems to be stalled near the top of Eagle Summit only a few miles from Mile 101. Meanwhile Rob is about 50 miles out of Slavens.
Update: 11:15PM CST Allen and Brent are about 20 miles from the finish, while Rob Cooke is less than 10 miles from Slaven’s Roadhouse.
The Current Standings at 10:40PM CST (7:40PM AKST):
Beyond Two Rivers
1 Allen Moore (1)
2 Brent Sass (2)
Beyond Mile 101
3 Ed Hopkins (20)
At Mile 101
4 Hugh Neff (26)
Beyond Central
5 Damon Alexander Tedford (7)R
Beyond Circle
6 Normand Casavant (3)
7 Jason Campeau (24)R
8 Torsten Kohnert (14)
9 Dave Dalton (11)
10 Mike Ellis (22)
11 Brian Wilmshurst (17)
12 Nicholas Vanier (5)R
At Circle
13 Ryne Olson (16)R
Beyond Eagle
14 Kristin Knight Pace (12)R
15 Lance Mackey (8)
16 Rob Cooke (21)Φ
These are the official standings. That means they are official, not that they are correct. Things jump around a lot as people decide to update the standings. This problem is especially bad in the back of the pack, as no one bothers to update those standings when the lead is changing.
The Mushers in bold are former winners of the Yukon Quest, the numbers in parentheses are their Bib numbers, and the small “R” indicates a rookie.
Note: This post will be updated during the day, and the map changed on all posts to reflect the current situation.
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