Race at the back
Meanwhile things are hotting up at the back. Laurie Genovese (FRA4) is in the air, and is nearly 10km ahead of Kaoru Ogisawa (JPN1) and Gavin McClurg (USA1), who are in different positions geographically, but the same position as far as the course line scoring goes: 687km from goal, and sharing last place for now. There is no elimination tomorrow so there is time for positions to change, which no doubt they will, but Gavin is disadvantaged by already having used his Night Pass, while the others still have theirs to play.