End of Stage 3

A flurry of teams left in the half hour before 9pm.

Orion got here about 7:30pm, really tired and anxious to sleep.
They crawled into their tent for a 3/4 hour sleep, then got up to sort their team, then left the TA before the 9pm cutoff, but only headed to a nearby paddock to sleep a couple more hours.
They had to drop a checkpoint on the river, they started up towards TA28A, but decided after a while that they weren't going to make it, and turned back.

Nike left at about 8:55pm, stopping just out of the TA to debate their route choice for the next 60km again. They looked pretty tired.

Blackheart also made the cutoff with a few minutes to spare. They also looked really weary.

I need to check how many teams in total made it out before the cutoff, maybe about 30.

Alexandre, the race director, is still picking one of the European teams for the win. (How rude). He thinks the Poles are going well, and says they 'look strong', and the two French team. I think the Poles are continuing with their strategy of trying to get all the regular checkpoints and ignore the bonuses.

The next leg is a tough 60km trek, followed by a 150km MTB. That gives them 27 hours till the next cutoff at midnight Thursday.