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Cycle News Issue 33 August 22, 2017

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FEATURE TOP OF THE WORLD LAND SPEED TRIAL AUGUST 3-8, 2017 SALAR DE UYUNI / UYUNI, BOLIVIA P92 "I'm just speechless," said Akatiff. "I had no idea. We were going to come over here, build a racetrack and figured it'd just be us and a few people [laughs] and we'd set the record. It's just like…what is this? Thousands of people! I'm just speechless." Not much on this trip had exactly gone as expected so far, nor would it. Two days into the five-day event, (Left) The Bolivians hosted quite a spectacle on the salt in honor of the Top of the World Land Speed Trial. (Right) Mike Akatiff shakes hands with Bolivian President Evo Morales.

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