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Friday morning, the fifth day of Akropolis Jet Raid, riders had to cover almost 120km by traveling from Skopelos Island back to Alykes camp in Volos. Fuel consumption was the main worry and not the top speed at least for the Supercharged owners. Doukhi and Vidal were the first ones to arrive in Alykes and the rest came with the following order, Lamy, Vincendeau, Alain, Cherici, Breton, Antoniuk. Malouchos and Papathanasiou end up fairly late. However, Lamy, Vincendeau and Cherici used their extra 10liter can of fuel. Also, except from Doukhi, Vival, Malouchos and Papathansiou the rest of the riders had picked up the wrong route back to Volos. Therefore, it will be interesting to see how the points system will be altered by the Course Marshal.

An Ovan type race took part in front of the Chovolos Beach, in Elios town which was a very exciting event for the locals. The race started in five oçlock in the afternoon and the athletes had to ride their racecrafts from the harbor to the Island and back and in total they have to complete five laps. After a faulty start the race was restarted and four riders were ahead of the pack. Martin Alain, Bruno Vincendeau, Akis Malouchos, Cedric Lamy and Marc Doukhi. Farther in back there were Olya Antoniuk, Manu Cherici and Olivier Vidal. Chrystophoros Papathanasiou was left at the far end. Martin Alain saw first the chequered flag leaving behind him Vincendeau and Maloucho. Cherici although he had a problem with his engine he managed to pass Antoniuk. Points will be altered a lot and the overall results will be published in a detail story in the Features section shortly.

The fourth day of Akropolis Jet Raid was quit demanding since the riders had to cover approximately 92km in the morning. They left from Kanapitsa beach of Skopelos and they traveled to Steni Vala of Alonisos by covering 62km. Then they followed the route to Panormos beach in Skopelos toping the day with another 30km. Cedric Lamy and Bruno Vincendeau finished 1-2 in both stages. Martin Alain lost his way to Steni Vala while he was leading the race and finished 5th loosing many crucial points. Akis Malouchos finished 6th in the first stage and 7th in the second so most probably he remains in the 5th place.

Third day of Akropolis Jet Raid and in the afternoon all riders gave heir best in front of the crowd of Skiathos port. A GP close course took place of 10 laps. Martin Alain took the holeshot and the lead and never looked back and no one could attack him since his pace was unique. Greek rider Akis Malouchos was second right from the start however, when lapers started causing issues he lost two places from Cerici and Lamy. Doucky finished 5th in front of Vincendeau.

Alain Martin from Corsica faced some issues in the beginning of the day however he managed to win three motos in the afternoon and also he finished second in the last moto (Amaliapolis-to-Volos). However, Bruno Vincendeau is in the top of the General Classification as well as in the F1 Class, ahead of Lamy and Cerici. Martin looks strong and if he continues in the same pace he will climb more points. Papastathopoulos faced issues with a battery terminal and he did not finish the last moto of the day. Vidal is ahead in the points of the NA class.

Bruno Vincendeau proved to be the fastest in the first stage from Volos port to Mavri leaving behind Cendric Lamy and local Akis Malouchos. The conditions were not rough but tricky. Martin Alain had an issue he he lost the point to this stage however he managed to arrive to Mavri and he dominated on second stage to Aliapolis by finishing ahead of Vincendeau and Lamy to Amaliapolis. Manu Cerici also managed to pass Malouchos by placing him in 5th at this stage. Olivier Vidal is ahead in the NA Class on his Yamaha. A short brake for lunch will take place before the riders will start for two motos in Amaliapolis. List of results and complete review of the day will be published at the end of the day in the Features section.

The race starts with a sprint Moto from Volos to Mavri, a distance of 31km. Then the riders travel from Vavri to Amaliapolis prior to find a secret point, a fact that characterizes the Moto as a Navigation race. After a short lunch brake the riders will make two short Motos each of 20km in total. After refueling they will depart to go back to base camp in Alykes Beach (20km). The riders will get points in all five Motos.