Rasti-Kurikka kept up its speed on the second leg of Jukola Relay. Matti Vainionpää was the first to reach changeover and was followed by Swedish teams Södertälje Nykvarn and Stora Tuna IK.

It was easy for Vainionpää to smile after having sent Mikko Hölsö off to the third leg.

"Course Setter Petri Saari said that this is a competition for experienced men and it does look like he was right", says 39-year-old Vainionpää.

Rajamäen Rykmentti was 4th at changeover, 2.41 minutes from the lead. The remainder of Rajamäki's orienteers are extremely strong and thus the team has risen to be one of the favorites. Vehkalahden Veikot kept its position close to the lead positioning 6th after the changeover. 

Samuli Launiainen from Kalevan Rasti lifted its team up to 17th place.

"Everything is still possible despite the time difference", says Launiainen.

One of the surprisers of the second leg was 18-year-old Olli-Markus Taivainen of Pellon Ponsi whose time was one of the fastest despite a couple-of-minute mistake towards the end of the leg.