71.   The two runners broke off from the rest of the field early in the race, and Echchadli took the lead just before the halfway mark.

72.   The win moved the Hurricanes six points behind Southeast Division-leading Washington as the halfway mark of the season nears.

73.   World record holder Kieren Perkins faded to fifth after hanging on to second place at the halfway mark.

74.   He failed to reach the halfway mark but was undaunted.

75.   Aghini entered the fourth stage on slicks, only to suffer extremely slippery conditions from the halfway mark when sudden rain soaked the tarmac road.

76.   But the Inter archives will record that Kallon was the man who put them in pole position as the season approached the halfway mark.

77.   But joy quickly turned to disaster for the Croatians when their combative centre back Stimac was sent off after chopping down Mehmet Scholl on the halfway mark.

78.   New Zealander David Smail continued his run of recent good form to open up a two-shot lead at the halfway mark.

79.   The elections are seen as a weathervane at the halfway mark of his five year-term.

80.   The crash-filled race, in which Briton Nigel Mansell was put out of contention before the halfway mark, ended under a yellow flag.