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Päijänne, the great Finnish adventure, ended on a high this afternoon in the capital city of Helsinki after a shorter second day of racing (7 hours and 20 minutes!). Sunday was not only less taxing in terms of tests, but also in terms of temperature! Indeed, the temperatures finally began to rise into the ‘plus range’ as Helsinki approached, and the snow was less abundant over the twelve special stages of the second day of the Grand Prix of Finland.

The legendary Päijänne nevertheless remains a race for the specialists and in this game the local riders still appear to be unbeatable

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The winter is long in Finland… since late November, the cold and the snow has taken hold of this Scandinavian country. Six months later, this cold snap seems never-ending. And while southern Europe is waking up at the beginning of spring, the thermometer continues to flirt happily below minus 10 celsius in Finland. Vierumäki, 200 kilometres north of Helsinki, was where the riders started the 83rd edition of Päijänne, in temperatures of -13 degrees!

This first round of the Maxxis FIM Enduro World Championship offered a completely different setting than that of the 2017 edition, where snow was scarce.

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