FL-500: Departure times Karasjok

I FL-500 er det en hvilepot på 20 timer, 6 av disse timene må taes ut på Jergul. På sjekkpunktet i Karasjok er det også utligning av starttidene.

With respect to the mushers rest and race times til Karasjok and including the start time difference, we have the following departure times for the leading six teams:

[22] Ole Sigleif Johansen - 19:21

[34] Elisabeth Edland - 19:45

[42] Marianne Skjøthaug - 19:57

[36] Ronny Wingren - 20:04

[16] Bernd Helmich - 20:15

[52] Kristian Walseth - 20:44

The conclusion is that there is a lot that can happen here! There are 195 km left to the finish line in Alta. If they leave according to the list above, they will all have rested the same amount of time. However, in this sport we also have to take into consideration the actual amount of time the dogs have been able to rest. This means how fast the musher has fed and groomed his dogs so as they can bed down and sleep. From this we conclude that it may be the musher who has the fastest running times and who is fastest with his checkpoint routines who will be the one to cross the finish line first in Alta.