A sad Reitan back in Neiden

Det var en ordknapp og tydelig nedstemt Kjetil Reitan som kom tilbake til sjekkpunkt Neiden litt før klokka 16. Da hadde han kjørt flere mil langs feil spor, og tapt kampen om en topplassering.

- It was my own fault, I wasn't attentive, said a very depressed Kjetil Reitan when he came back to Neiden. – Maybe I nodded-off in the sled where the trail seperates and didn't notice the sign. But the trail is also marked with the Finnmarksløpet blue markers, where I was, but I was on the trail into Neiden and not the one leading out. Unfortunately the trail goes in parallel with the other one, so I didn't notice my mistake, said Reitan to finnmarkslopet.no

Now he will take his 16 hour layover in Neiden and then finish the race to Alta. But a top position is now over for Reitan.