The last three videos, including the prizegiving, are now available.

This is a bit of a quick post because we are on the move again... but here are the main podium photos...

First, the Female Overall Winners
Christine Métais (2nd - France), Orlane Sturbois (1st - France / La Plagne) and Xiangping Hou (3rd - China)

The Open Podium
Alex Hofer (2nd - Switzerland / XAlps), Andrey Eliseev (1st - Russia / KENTZ) and Yasushi Kobayashi (3rd - Japan / FlyGin)

And, finally, our winning team overall is the Gin Team

Videos will be along in a bit - now we have to move....

Text by Chris

It is raining here in Linzhou and we have just received news that it is raining on take-off as well so today's task has been cancelled. That means we have reached the end of the competition here in China.

Yesterday's overall results are, therefore, the final results for Linhou.

Event 3 (China) Overall Winner is Andrey Eliseev (Russia / Kentz)

our Female Winner is Orlane Sturbois (France / La Plagne)

and our winning team for Event 3 (China) is Yasushi Kobayashi, Seyong Jung, Christine Métais and Gin Seok Song - Gin Team

The prizegiving ceremony will be held at 17:00 this evening and there is a farewell banquet starting at 18:30 - pictures will follow...

Text and pictures - Chris

There have been some minor technical issues with regard to moving some of the data we use during this event - this has meant that the task animations have taken a bit longer to produce than normal. They are all done now and can be accessed from the links at the top of the page - or HERE

The final day is here and we are hoping to fly today. The weather is not the best we have seen but still looks promising so the busses are loaded and on their way to take-off.

As soon as we hear from the launch there will be more details here.

Philippe has been busy processing some of the video footage he has taken in the last few days - here are the latest two installments...

Text by Chris : Videos - Philippe

The results are out - winning today's task as the only pilot in goal with a time of 3 hours 5 minutes 4 seconds is Alex Hofer (Switzerland / XAlps).

First woman today with a distance of 11.49km is Caroline Brille (France / Advance)

And our winning team today is Arnaud Secher, Denis Cortella, Olivier Michielsen and Orlane Sturbois - Kortel Design

Alex has just arrived at HQ and downloaded his track log - it is confirmed - he made it to goal and won the task.

The full results will be along in a few minutes.

Text by Chris

What an amazing race - most of the field have landed around the same area but we heard of 1 pilot still flying.

We have all the other pilots back and most have downloaded their GPSs but we have just received news from the goal field.

Alex Hofer (Pilot 1130) has just arrived in goal !

We are now waiting for Alex to arrive to confirm his track.

There is a party tonight, hosted by Gin and Kortel Design- details below !

All competitors are invited to this party and then we have a talk by Neville Hullett at 22:00 on his record breaking 502km flight.

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News just in from takeoff - the task is now confirmed - window open is at 12:50 - start time is at the pilot's discretion.

More news as we get it....

Text by Chris