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This is just one of the waves who took part in the 2014 XTERRA France.
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We are not sure what makes an XTERRA race a very busy event, but that is surely a lot of bodies.
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Some quiet and anxious moments before the start of this orange cap wave.
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It is time to churn the water.
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Ruben Ruzafa has been very strong and here he leads through a wooded section.
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Braden Currie from New Zealand was working very hard.
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Someone surely took their time to set this up. God times for the athletes plus it likely protects the surface area too.
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And the athletes keep coming and coming.
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What goes up, must come down, and that is certainly true here too.
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What may have been fun for some likely felt very challenging to others.
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There were of course plenty of wooded sections, and drafting is certainly legal in these places.
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Despite all the wooden boards, there were plenty of sections to get very muddy.
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Plus falling down was not out of the question either.
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There were plenty of muddy steeds back in transition after the bike segment.
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Asa Shaw shows the signs of a very muddy day in France.
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The landscape is certainly quite beautiful and inspiring.
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Ben Allen on the way to 6th place at XTERRA France
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These cambered sections are very tricky to negotiate even in dry conditions.
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The happy champion Ruben Ruzafa.
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German Kathrin Müller took the women's title.
