Adventure Racing: NZ team lead as race reaches river

Leading New Zealand team Balance Vector maintained their advantage in the 2005 Adventure Racing World Championship on the West Coast of the South Island.

They are the only team so far to reach the Buller River for the rafting leg followed by a 30km mountain trek in the Brunner Range. Three teams have officially withdrawn.

Balance Vector led through checkpoint seven, which is the final checkpoint before the transition stage to the rafting, well ahead of two Swedish teams Cross Sportswear and Lundhags.