World March Racing Tour, Morvan e Ainslie qualificati per Marsiglia
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Marsiglia International Match Race – Marsiglia – Nonostante l’inclemenza di un Mistral particolarmente teso, gli organizzatori della Y’s Cup, match race di Grado 3 valido come prova di qualificazione al Marsiglia International Match Race, prima prova del World Match Racing Tour, sono riusciti a portare a termine 7 dei 9 voli previsti e a stilare una classifica generale che ha consegnato le prime wild card della stagione 2009.
A conquistare il biglietto per la prova d’esordio, in programma a Marsiglia tra il 10 e il 15 marzo prossimi, sono stati Pierre Antoine Morvan e Ian Ainslie, giunti al primo e al secondo posto di una classifica che ha visto chiudere sul terzo gradino del podio Damien Iehl. Tra i protagonisti anche Philippe Presti e Bertrand Pace.
PIERRE ANTOINE MORVAN AND IAN AINSLIE QUALIFY FOR MIMR
[WMRT Press Release] The event organizers of the Y’s CUP, an international Match Racing competition grade 3 confirmed their worries when weather conditions typical to the South of France at this time of year persisted at the end of the week…
North-Westerly winds known as Le Mistral were as strong as 35 knots on Sunday morning and lasted throughout the day, not permitting the competition to continue.
“Saturday 20 knots, big waves, and cold… but good Match Racing conditions and with world class athletes we were able to complete 7 flights, from 10 am until 6 pm where the organizing committee and skippers gave it their all”, said event organiser Dimitri Deurelle.
The Round Robin wasn’t completed but with 7 flights out of 9 the committee was able to establish a general ranking list. First place went to Pierre Antoine Morvan, second to Ian Ainslie, who now both qualify for the 7th edition of the Marseille International Match Racing Grade 0 and the 1st event in the World Tour.
Third place goes to Damien Iehl, fourth to Philippe Presti, fifth to Bertrand Pace sixth to Alvahro Marinho, seventh to Eric Monin, eighth to Franck Cammas. (Jure Orel was absent for administrative reasons.)
“This year hasn’t been very good weather wise for us so far but we are counting on a change for the MIMR from March 10 – 15. Last year weather conditions were ideal 10 to 20 knots of South Easterly winds…perfect for Match Racing” commented Dimitri Deurelle.
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