All Change On Day Two Of Volvo Cup In Alassio
"Fantastic weather, blue skies, blue water, great wind, thrills, spills and amazing racing." is how IMCA Secretary/Treasurer Tomi Hakola from Finland summed up today's second day of racing at the Italian Volvo Cup event in Alassio. The blue skies brought warm sun, bringing temperatures up into double figures at around 10 degrees C, a welcome respite for the 52 competing crews from 9 nations after yesterday’s near freezing conditions. The wind was still in the North/North East at around 20-25 knots with lots of shifts, gusts and some choppy seas making for an extremely challenging day of racing and plenty of snakes and ladders both on the water and on the leaderboard.
Despite the often tricky conditions the race management team did a fantastic job to complete three more excellent races and with five races total now completed the discard has come into play. Overnight leader Riccardo Simoneschi was amongst those who struggled to get on top of today’s tricky conditions and his 8, 8, 24 score line sees him dropping down into third place. Without doubt the most consistent team of the day was that of Alberto Bolzan with a 3, 4 2 score. Discarding their 11th place of yesterday afternoon and adding in their 2nd from the first race they now count 11 points total and lead the regatta by just one point from former Melges 24 World Champion Nicola Celon who remains in second overall despite an 18th place in race three. Lying in fourth behind Simoneschi is Luca Bursic who moves up from tenth and sitting on equal points with fifth placed Flavio Favini helming for Franco Rossini who won the first race of the day but then seemed to loose traction with 10 and 9 in races four and five.
Going into the final day the standings remain incredibly close and with more good weather anticipated tomorrow we are expecting a thrilling climax to this first 2009 Volvo Cup event.
Full Provisional Results After Five Races
No |
Numero |
Nome |
Punti |
1 |
2 |
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3 |
4 |
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5 |
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1 |
ITA 727 |
Bolzan Alberto, Catalogna Gianni, ACTION TEAM A.P.D. |
11,0 |
2 |
(11) |
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|
|
|
3 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
2 |
ITA 765 |
Celon Nicola, Cirillo Lanfranco, Y.C. TORRI |
12,0 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
(18) |
2 |
|
|
|
|
6 |
|
3 |
ITA 783 |
Simoneschi Riccardo, Simoneschi Riccardo, Y.C.C.S. |
19,0 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
8 |
8 |
|
|
|
|
(24) |
|
4 |
ITA 730 |
Bursic Luca, Testolin Paolo, F.V. RIVA GARDA |
20,0 |
10 |
(12) |
|
|
|
|
2 |
7 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
5 |
SUI 782 |
Favini Flavio, Rossini Franco, A.V.A.V. |
20,0 |
7 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
(10) |
|
|
|
|
9 |
|
6 |
FRA 389 |
Maxime Paul, Maxime Paul, Y.C.P.R. |
22,0 |
5 |
9 |
|
|
|
|
4 |
(11) |
|
|
|
|
4 |
|
7 |
ITA 722 |
Luca Valerio, Abba' Maurizio, F.V.D. |
23,0 |
(9) |
7 |
|
|
|
|
7 |
6 |
|
|
|
|
3 |
|
8 |
ITA 716 |
Fracassoli Carlo, Nose Sailing Team, Y.C. CORTINA d'AMPEZZO |
26,0 |
11 |
(21) |
|
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|
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5 |
5 |
|
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|
|
5 |
|
9 |
NOR 554 |
Oyvind Peder Jhare, Stian Briseid, TONSBERG |
29,0 |
12 |
(14) |
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|
|
6 |
3 |
|
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8 |
|
10 |
FRA 639 |
Barrue Christoph, Infante Denis, COYCM |
32,0 |
4 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
11 |
13 |
|
|
|
|
(14) |
|
11 |
ITA 574 |
Martinez Roberto, Ubertalli Carla, C.N.A.M. |
38,0 |
(24) |
10 |
|
|
|
|
12 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
15 |
|
12 |
SUI 599 |
Monnard Jean Marc, Monnard Jean Marc, C.V.V.T./C.N.V. |
48,0 |
14 |
5 |
|
|
|
|
(26) |
9 |
|
|
|
|
20 |
|
13 |
ITA 778 |
Sibello Pietro, Vallivero Renato, Y.C. CORTINA d'AMPEZZO |
58,0 |
15 |
17 |
|
|
|
|
10 |
(bfd) |
|
|
|
|
16 |
|
14 |
FRA 470 |
Dreano Ronan, Dreano Ronan, C.N. PLERIN |
64,0 |
13 |
8 |
|
|
|
|
(32) |
12 |
|
|
|
|
31 |
|
15 |
SWE 532 |
Sundstet Ingermar, K.S.S.S. |
72,0 |
26 |
15 |
|
|
|
|
(34) |
20 |
|
|
|
|
11 |
|
16 |
ITA 693 |
Balestrero Matteo, Balestrero Matteo, C.V. LA SPEZIA |
73,0 |
23 |
13 |
|
|
|
|
14 |
23 |
|
|
|
|
(29) |
|
17 |
ITA 671 |
Grisoli Gianluca, Grisoli Gianluca, C.N.A.M. |
75,0 |
17 |
20 |
|
|
|
|
21 |
(26) |
|
|
|
|
17 |
|
18 |
ITA 682 |
Debiasi Giovanni, Debiasi Giovanni, F.V. RIVA |
79,0 |
16 |
19 |
|
|
|
|
29 |
15 |
|
|
|
|
(30) |
|
19 |
ITA 664 |
Pizzati Giovanni, Perego Gianluca, F.V. DESENZANO |
81,0 |
8 |
(40) |
|
|
|
|
17 |
22 |
|
|
|
|
34 |
|
20 |
ITA 585 |
Brescia Paolo, Brescia Paolo, Y.C.I. |
82,0 |
(31) |
27 |
|
|
|
|
24 |
18 |
|
|
|
|
13 |
|
21 |
ITA 521 |
Ciabatti Antonello, Ricci Franco, W.S.C.CAGLIARI |
86,0 |
(dns) |
dns |
|
|
|
|
9 |
17 |
|
|
|
|
7 |
|
22 |
ITA 683 |
Monaco Furio Patrizio, Monaco Furio Patrizio, A.V.V.V. |
88,0 |
(dns) |
6 |
|
|
|
|
19 |
bfd |
|
|
|
|
10 |
|
23 |
ITA 122 |
Gemini Lorenzo, Ricci Franco, Y.C. CAGLIARI |
93,0 |
6 |
37 |
|
|
|
|
13 |
37 |
|
|
|
|
(dns) |
|
24 |
SWE 431 |
Eriksson John, Eriksson John, K.S.S.S. |
100,0 |
27 |
24 |
|
|
|
|
35 |
14 |
|
|
|
|
(dns) |
|
25 |
ITA 567 |
Mazzoni Fabio, Ferrari Andrea, L.N.I. MILANO |
100,0 |
19 |
31 |
|
|
|
|
23 |
27 |
|
|
|
|
(38) |
|
26 |
ITA 701 |
Gorla Giorgio, A.s.d. Sail Addiction, C.V. ORTA |
105,0 |
22 |
35 |
|
|
|
|
30 |
(bfd) |
|
|
|
|
18 |
|
27 |
NOR 600 |
Nergaard Peder, Nergaard Peder, K.N.S. |
105,0 |
(34) |
25 |
|
|
|
|
33 |
21 |
|
|
|
|
26 |
|
28 |
ITA 609 |
Soldano Pablo, Soldano Pablo, C.C.R. LAURIA PALERMO |
106,0 |
33 |
22 |
|
|
|
|
(dns) |
28 |
|
|
|
|
23 |
|
29 |
SUI 578 |
Boy Sonre, Ruedi Huber, Y.C. BREGENZ |
108,0 |
21 |
18 |
|
|
|
|
16 |
(dns) |
|
|
|
|
dns |
|
30 |
ITA 670 |
Piseddu Riki, Gilli - Pinetto - Seralvo, Y.C. CAGLIARI |
108,0 |
20 |
33 |
|
|
|
|
22 |
33 |
|
|
|
|
(37) |
|
31 |
SUI 336 |
Stettler Alain, Amrein Alain, R.C.O. |
109,0 |
28 |
26 |
|
|
|
|
36 |
19 |
|
|
|
|
(39) |
|
32 |
SUI 382 |
Good Michael, Good Michael, Y.C. K. |
113,0 |
(dns) |
36 |
|
|
|
|
15 |
35 |
|
|
|
|
27 |
|
33 |
ITA 564 |
Ferrarese Simone, Rinaldi - Berton, Y.C. CORTINA d'AMPEZZO |
114,0 |
29 |
16 |
|
|
|
|
47 |
(bfd) |
|
|
|
|
22 |
|
34 |
SLO 636 |
Podunavac Peter, Podunavac Peter, Y.C.PORTOROZ (SLO) |
116,0 |
(dns) |
dns |
|
|
|
|
20 |
31 |
|
|
|
|
12 |
|
35 |
SLO 753 |
Hinko Goia, Hinko Goia, S.C.P. |
116,0 |
25 |
28 |
|
|
|
|
31 |
32 |
|
|
|
|
(41) |
|
36 |
AUT 681 |
Urlesberger Franz, Urlesberger Franz, U.Y.C. |
118,0 |
(35) |
29 |
|
|
|
|
28 |
29 |
|
|
|
|
32 |
|
37 |
FIN 742 |
Hakola Tomi, Hakola Tomi, E.M.K. |
125,0 |
40 |
30 |
|
|
|
|
27 |
(bfd) |
|
|
|
|
28 |
|
38 |
AUT 406 |
Skolaut Christoph, Team Franz Rocks, U.Y.C. |
127,0 |
30 |
39 |
|
|
|
|
39 |
(bfd) |
|
|
|
|
19 |
|
39 |
ITA 469 |
Bovalato Luca, Bovolato Pietro, C.V.G. |
128,0 |
36 |
34 |
|
|
|
|
(42) |
25 |
|
|
|
|
33 |
|
40 |
GER 779 |
Ocher Philips, Ansghllfz Marc, M.Y.C. |
129,0 |
38 |
(dns) |
|
|
|
|
25 |
30 |
|
|
|
|
36 |
|
41 |
ITA 482 |
Bini Aurelio, Ricci Franco, C.N. ARZACHENA |
129,0 |
32 |
32 |
|
|
|
|
40 |
(bfd) |
|
|
|
|
25 |
|
42 |
ITA 764 |
Poggi Alessandro, Poggi Alessandro, Y.C.C.A. |
144,0 |
39 |
(dns) |
|
|
|
|
41 |
24 |
|
|
|
|
40 |
|
43 |
FRA 612 |
Kervenoael Cedric, Kervonoael Cedric, Y.C. DE FRANCE |
147,0 |
18 |
23 |
|
|
|
|
(dns) |
dns |
|
|
|
|
dns |
|
44 |
ITA 421 |
Ugolini Roberto, Addari Antonio, C.V.3 V. |
156,0 |
(dns) |
38 |
|
|
|
|
44 |
39 |
|
|
|
|
35 |
|
45 |
ITA 232 |
Leorini Luca, Corridori Alberto, C.V. SARNICO |
161,0 |
37 |
(dns) |
|
|
|
|
37 |
34 |
|
|
|
|
dns |
|
46 |
ITA 321 |
Porro Paolo, Porro Paolo, L.N. MANDELLO LARIO |
164,0 |
41 |
42 |
|
|
|
|
(45) |
38 |
|
|
|
|
43 |
|
47 |
ITA 460 |
Tasciotti Ceccano Lorenzo, Tasciotti Ceccano Lorenzo, C.N.G.M. |
166,0 |
42 |
(dns) |
|
|
|
|
46 |
36 |
|
|
|
|
42 |
|
48 |
ITA 413 |
Angelli Marco, Rossi Antonio, Y.C. ADRIATICO |
170,0 |
(dns) |
dns |
|
|
|
|
48 |
16 |
|
|
|
|
dns |
|
49 |
ITA 780 |
Sinibaldi Enrico, Sereni Daniele, F.V. DESENZANO |
170,0 |
(dnc) |
dnc |
|
|
|
|
43 |
bfd |
|
|
|
|
21 |
|
50 |
ITA 667 |
Bay Giancarlo, Cattaneo Alessandro, CUS SARNICO |
175,0 |
43 |
41 |
|
|
|
|
50 |
41 |
|
|
|
|
(dns) |
|
51 |
ITA 633 |
Amati Andrea, Amati Andrea, AMICI VELA |
184,0 |
(dns) |
dns |
|
|
|
|
38 |
40 |
|
|
|
|
dns |
|
52 |
ITA 356 |
Banchio Gabriele, Ferri Giorgio, C.N.A.M. |
208,0 |
(dns) |
dns |
|
|
|
|
49 |
bfd |
|
|
|
|
dns |
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