It was the absolute worst this week, but remember the producers ultimate goal is to keep the race close so that there is sme drama and that we are not sure about the outcome. THis week they did outdo themselves with the amount of bunching, however.

They definately need to cut the crap. With all this bunching they are just taking all of their wildecards out of play. I mean whats the point of using the yield when it is a pretty safe bet that bunching will occur soon after. then again I can see their point olin/ christie owned the race and o never mind.

Ahhh... and add to the bunching the constant "X location doesn't open until X time."

Bunching at the airports and train stations are annoying, but unavoidable. Bunching at landmarks IS, and these producers need to quit sending people that get to leave at 3am to places that don't open until 7am. They know when planning the race that the racers are going to be able to finish at odd times in the afternoon and therefore leave in the middle of the morning, yet I have yet to see them actually start a leg with a destination that's open at that time.

C'mon, guys... let some of the teams get a good head start for a change. Make this a true race!

>Ahhh... and add to the bunching the constant "X location doesn't open until X time."

>Bunching at the airports and train stations are annoying, but unavoidable.
> Bunching at landmarks IS, and these producers need to quit sending people that get to leave at 3am to places that don't open until 7am. They know when planning the race that the racers are going to be able to finish at odd times in the afternoon and therefore leave in the middle of the morning, yet I have yet to see them actually start a leg with a destination that's open at that time.

>C'mon, guys... let some of the teams get a good head start for a change. Make this a true race!

I agree, the start of the race would have been better if it started at 5 or 6 am. Can you imagine the look on the first place runners then if they tried waiting to 10?

I agree that this episode had plenty of bunching.

Interestingly, if you look at the departure times for the groups at the beginning of Ep 4, the first team left at 2 am and the last team at 7:30 am. The teams did not seem that far apart in Ep3.

Without bunching, we would not have a race as teams would be 12-24 hr ahead of each other.

This might have been an occasion when the producers hadn't counted on as much bunching. The stupidity of the lead groups! Would you not go and check the sign for yourself?!?!

I did a quick check on travelocity and there are a few flights that leave Stockholm earlier than the 11:30 Air France flight the gang all took. If the yahoos that left the pitstop at 2:00 am had been to the tower at 7:00 am as planned, they might have been able to get to the airport by 8:00 and been underway.

Then why were those teams like Team Wuss that were at the tower at 7am not able to get a better flight?

Good point...maybe it took them too long to get to the airport. The high speed train that goes directly to the airport is faster than driving.

Because Adam was too busy crying that it distracted him and Rebecca from actually focussing on the task at hand, that's why.