for even-numbered rounds (2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12), teams will go by the reverse order of the odd-numbered rounds. in august, lava man entered the pacific classic in which he led for most of the race but was caught near the wire and finished third. five clues were read one at a time, the answers to which smush to either the left or right side of the root word. a self-reference automatically makes a comment about itself. the west german team, that had been away from the tour since 1938, was allowed to join again. 