Iditarod Leader Loses Race Lead After His Dogs Quit
by Patrick Redford from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#4AVF5)
French musher Nicolas Petit and his dogs coasted into the Iditarod's Unalakleet checkpoint yesterday morning with a healthy lead of over five hours. As Petit left the checkpoint and turned onto the Bering Sea coast for the final 200 miles of the race, his 14-mile lead probably felt like a dominant gap, and the "