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MILLIE & CHUCK SPIN INTO FIRST; STEVE & DAVE ELIMINATED
 As Teams headed to Amsterdam, relationships within Teams began to crumble, as the stress of being lost proved overwhelming. Trying to maintain their lead from the previous leg, models Tian & Jaree were almost eliminated as Jaree accused Tian of sabotaging their Team. Hopelessly lost on the Amstel River, virgins Millie & Chuck also bickered amid charges from Millie that Chuck doesn't listen to her. Unable to find their way, Millie & Chuck opted for the Fast Forward, finishing in first place. Ultimately, air traffic controllers Steve & Dave couldn't overcome missing a flight connection in Paris and became the fifth Team to be eliminated from THE AMAZING RACE.
 AWAY TO AMSTERDAM
With a rip of the envelope, models and friends Tian & Jaree, departing first at 2:26 am, discovered they were heading to Amsterdam, where they must find the Magere Brug, a famous bridge on the Amstel River. The models' lead quickly dissipated at the Marseilles Airport as the other Teams caught up and everyone waited for the ticket counters to open up at 5:00 am. Capitalizing on being first in line, Tian & Jaree booked a 6:25 am Air France flight to Amsterdam via Paris and were joined by engaged couple Kelly & Jon. Third in line, married couple Reichen & Chip discovered the flight was now booked, but got onto a 6:50 am British Airways flight via London with dating virgins Millie & Chuck, circus clowns Jon & Al, and NFL wives and moms Monica & Sheree.
 Arriving last to the Marseilles airport, best friends David & Jeff and air traffic controllers Steve & Dave found that Air France flights through Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris were booked. Both Teams decided to take a chance by getting on 7:14 am Air France flight that landed at Orly airport just outside of Paris, but connected through Charles de Gaulle Airport to Amsterdam, leaving them an hour to drive across town to make the second flight.
Hurrying off their flight at Orly, David & Jeff got a jump on Steve & Dave by hopping into a cab and onto the expressway. Soon, both Teams found themselves trapped in gridlock traffic because of an accident. With only five minutes until the connecting flight left, the Teams arrived at Charles de Gaulle Airport. By the time they reached the counter, the flight had departed without them. Now squarely in last place, both Teams booked a KLM flight that departed Paris at 11:45 am. ( CHIP ON JON & AL)
 Meanwhile, just after 11:00 am, the other six Teams, led by Kelly & Jon and Tian & Jaree, landed in Amsterdam. After asking a local in the terminal for advice on the quickest transportation, Millie & Chuck decided to take a taxi to the Magere Brug, while Reichen & Chip, Monica & Sheree, Kelly & Jon and Jon & Al all opted for the train. After spending a good deal of time at the information desk, Tian & Jaree also elected to take the train, but missed the one carrying the other Teams.
 Having received a great tip from the local, Millie & Chuck arrived at the Magere Brug in first place. The pair opened their clue, learning that they must navigate a boat to the Scheepvaart Museum, a 400-year-old warehouse turned nautical museum, to find the next route marker. After Millie & Chuck stepped into their boat, they immediately panicked, neither knowing where to go. With other Teams running onto the bridge, the virgins decided to leave shore hoping to find directions along the way. As the Teams selected their boats, Chuck told Millie, "I want to make sure we're going the right way." Millie pleaded, "I know where we are. You showed it to me [on the map]. Please go, Chuck!" Chuck listened to Millie, and the two left the bridge and headed down the waterway, still unsure of which way to go. Kelly & Jon soon followed the virgins and discussed their nickname for the Team: Millie the Mole and the Werewolf. Kelly joked, "Chuck's got these funky muscles right here [points to face]. He's very handsome, but he does look like second stage of werewolf."
 With Reichen & Chip also following Millie & Chuck and Kelly & Jon, clowns Jon & Al took their boat in the opposite direction. Al's map-reading skills paid off as the pair quickly found the Scheepvaart Museum. After docking their boat, the pair rushed to the clue box in first place and discovered a Detour. In this Detour, Teams must choose either "500 kilograms" or "15 feet." Teams choosing 500 kilograms had to drive 30 miles to an outdoor market, don traditional wooden clogs and use a wooden stretcher to carry cheese from the stockpiles to a scale. They would receive their next clue after weighing in exactly 500 kilograms of cheese. It would be a longer drive and more physically demanding, but Teams would stay clean. Teams opting for 15 feet had to drive 12 miles to a ranch where cow manure is processed into fertilizer for local farms, where they must search for their next clue barehanded in a 15-foot pile of cow manure. It would be a shorter drive and not at all physically demanding, but Teams would get very messy. Jon & Al instantly chose 15 feet and headed for the ranch in their car.
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