Side by side, bikers Peter Basinger of Anchorage and Jeff Oatley of Fairbanks pulled out of the Finger Lake checkpoint at 6:55 Monday night, 130 miles into the Iditarod Invitational. Fellow biker Jay Petervary followed 10 minutes later. The 350-mile winter ultramarathon continues over the Alaska Range and on to McGrath. Most racers stop there, but some continue on to Nome.

Iditarod Invitational

Top 10 on Monday

Out of Finger Lake -- 1) Peter Basinger, bike, 6:55 p.m.; 2) Jeff Oatley, bike, 6:55 p.m.; 3) Jay Petervary, bike, 7:05 p.m.

Into Finger Lake -- 4) David Pramann, bike, 5:48 p.m.

Out of Skwentna -- 5) Nicola Saccavini, bike, 9:34 a.m.; 6) Bill Fleming, bike, 10:43 a.m.; 7) Sean Grady, bike, 11:27 a.m.; 8) Louise Kobin, bike, 11:30 a.m.; 9) Eric Warkentin, bike, 11:30 a.m.; 10) Tim Stern, bike, 11:30 a.m.