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Amazing Race update - Flipping over the pitch in a Dutch ditch

Teams started out from Galway, Ireland and headed to Amsterdam to search for a certain bridge in the city. Shana & Jennifer are upset that they haven't gotten a facial in, what, three days? This is really roughin' it. Teams pile up in the airport waiting for the Aer Lingus counter to open at six in the morning and they're all in a line to take the same flights. Everyone makes it on the first connection except sisters Marianna & Julia who have to wait for the next flight to Dublin. Ronald upbraids Nicolas for being rude at the stand-by counter, leaving him speechless. Three teams are on the later flight to Amsterdam, so they're on the endangered list.

At the bridge, it's a Detour: Hoist It or Hunt It. Teams may either lift five pieces of furniture up to an apartment building, or search for two bicycles in a huge lot and then take them five miles away for the next clue. Azaria and Hendekea decide to find the marked bikes but are shocked when they see a three-story bike lot; still they keep searching. Nearly everybody else lifts furniture with few complications, the hardest trick is tying the straps to the furniture correctly so things won't slip.

After the Detour, teams need to take a bus to the rural village of Ransoorp for the next clue. The teams in Amsterdam are split up on buses just as the last three teams are arriving on their Dublin flight. This next stop is the Roadblock: Ditch Vault. One team member must grab a pole and vault over a muddy Dutch ditch. Jason does it on his first try and they head off to the Pit Stop. The final three teams all go for the bikes at the Detour and Ronald keeps yelling at his daughter in a truly immature manner. Kate & Pat miss the last bus to the ditch-jumping farm.

On the way to the Pit Stop from the farm, teams must pedal bikes with carts in the front for a rider. Hilariously, TK & Rachel go right by Phil standing on the side of the road, looking on with arched eyebrow. (Eventually, they turn around). Kate & Pat arrive last and they're eliminated from the Race.

Final standings:

1 - Lorena & Jason - Prize: Sports bikes
2 - Nathan & Jennifer
3 - Shana & Jennifer
4 - Kynt & Vyxsin
5 - Azaria & Hendekea
6 - TK & Rachel
7 - Marianna & Julia
8 - Nicolas & Donald
9 - Ronald & Christina
10 - Kate & Pat - PHILIMINATED

Next week: Lorena loses it.
posted by Eric at 9:15 PM