World Match Racing Tour, Ben Ainslie senza macchia
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World Match Racing Tour – Bermuda – Tempo di ripescaggi alle Bermuda, dove ieri si sono conclusi i voli dei tre Gruppi di qualificazione dell’Argo Group Gold Cup, penultimo evento del World Match Racing Tour. A rubare la scena è stato senza dubbio Ben Ainslie; il timoniere di Team Origin, infatti, ha infatti conquistato il passaggio del turno grazie a uno score perfetto, che lo ha visto uscire imbattuto da questa delicata fase.
Oltre a Ben Ainslie, a conquistare il diretto passaggio del turno sono stati Eric Monnin, Ian Williams, Johnie Berntsson, Mathieu Richard, tutti con uno score di 6 vittorie e una sconfitta, e Adam Minoprio (4-3).
I terzi e quarti classificati di ogni gruppo, invece, sono approdati al Round Robin di ripescaggi, che promuoverà i primi due ai quarti di finale. Girone che si sarebbe dovuto concludere già ieri, ma l’arrivo di un temporale e la partenza di una nave da crociera dal porto di Hamilton hanno ritardato la partenza delle regate, interpretate ancora una volta con grande fervore agonistico da parte dei contendenti, fervore che ha obbligato gli Umpire a ricorrere ancora una volta all’uso della bandiera nera.
WORLD MATCH RACING TOUR, BEN AINSLIE AND THE PERFECT SCORE
[World Match Racing Tour Press Release] Great Britian’s Ben Ainslie has won a lot of gold, but never the King Edward VII Gold Cup. Today he moved into the quarterfinals of the Argo Group Gold Cup with a perfect 7-0 record thus far. That’s the first step toward the cup but Ben needs to learn a lesson from Ian Williams who was also 7-0 at this stage in 2008 and didn’t make it into the finals.
Today, Ainslie defeated Seb Col French Match Racing Team/K-Challenge, Adam Minoprio ETNZ/BlackMatch and Bjorn Hansen Alandia Sailing Team on another flawless day of sailing for the multi medal Olympian. Ainslie and his Team Origin crew of Iain Percy, Christian Kamp and Matt Cornwell have not been able to do as much match racing this as they would have liked however the talented team appear to do it well when they get the opportunity.
All of the top two teams in each group automatically moved up to the quarterfinal stage. Joining Ainslie in the quarterfinals in second place at 4-3 is Adam Minoprio. Group 1 is represented by Eric Monnin Search.ch in first at 6-1 and Ian Williams Team Pindar presented by Argo Group also 6-1. The top two in Group 3 were last year’s Gold cup winner Johnie Berntsson Berntsson Sailing Team at 6-1 and 2007 Gold Cup champion Mathieu Richard and his French Match Racing Team.
The remaining slots in the quarter finals will go to the top two in the repechage round robin which is yet to be completed. The third and fourth finishers in each group made into the six-team round robin that will finish Friday morning.
Organizers had hoped to get all of the round robin racing completed today but a frontal passage with possible lightning and a departing cruise ship in Hamilton Harbour delayed the start. Once racing began around 10.30 local time, the committee banged of start after start in short order. Winds were fresh out of the northwest at about 18-20kts most of the day.
As usual, the competition was fierce. Umpires handed out multiple penalties. Peter Gilmour and Paula Lewis each got flagged today, and Damian Iehl got his second black flag of the event. This brings the total to eight black flags for the regatta and it is only about half way through.
Racing continues Friday at 9.00 am with the last flights of the repercharge followed by quarter final action.
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