Having arrived in Atlantic City on Wednesday June 24th at noon I was unable to continue the race due to illness, probably caused by dehydration. The next day I still felt very weak and exhausted, so I abandoned part of my kit, pedaled extremely slowly to the next town named Landers, gave away my bike, hitched a ride to Riverton, took a plane to Denver and left the U.S. Now I'm at home in Hamburg again and will see the doctor on Monday to cure several problems.
