Geoff Aaron heads into the 4th and final day of this grueling race coming off two solid rides on day 2 and day 3.  

At the end of day Two, Geoff pulled off a 4th place finish to move him into 7th overall.  The terrain was tough, but much faster than the first day's huge hill climbs that eventually cooked the engine and kicked him out of a 5th place position when the engine died.  This was a faster day overall, but the navigation that had kept many riders out of the mix, still caused Geoff some serious problems.  He pushed through, and now has a crack at the top 5.

Today, day 3, Geoff swapped back and forth with the leaders in the beginning and came in to the Service Area (70km in) only 5 minutes behind.  With a huge hill climb ahead, he planned on a hot bike once he reached the top of the 2100 meter mountain.  He worked back and forth with the race leader, Gerhard Forster to get up the hill.  They assisted each other to the top, but Geoff's bike started to overheat because of the insane/impossible by yourself, hill climb.  Unfortunately, the extra coolant that he had packed was lost during the climb and Geoff had to work down the mountain very slowly so he didn't blow the engine again.  Some of the other riders weren't so lucky as the current leader of the day, Frans Verhoeven overheated his engine and is now out of the race entirely.  This is the same spot where Geoff decided to take it slow.  He was lucky and descended far enough to find a creek and fill the radiators to continue on to the finish.  With the final results not yet in, we expect a 6th or 7th finish which should keep Geoff at a 6th or 7th overall.

Tomorrow will be the final 120km race and Geoff has a chance to break into the top 5 in his first ever Romaniacs.  We are excited and very happy that he has safely worked his way this far considering there have been over 20 serious injuries that have knocked out many of the worlds top riders.

Stay tuned for more information and check out www.redbullromaniacs.com for up to date information starting at 11pm eastern time (when the race starts here in Romania!)