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12 August 2005, 03:40 pm

BARKER and PEPONNET Lead After 13 Flights

Danish Open 2005

Skovshoved, Denmark

Jesper BANK (DEN) was the only skipper of 12 to survive his Day One matches at the ISAF Grade One Danish Open with an undefeated record. Bank went 5-0 and lead the standings after the completion of nine of 22 scheduled flights.

Jochen SCHÜMANN (GER) is second with a 4-1 mark, his only loss to Bank. Dean BARKER (NZL), Thierry PEPONNET (FRA) and Lars NORDBJERG (DEN) all sailed later in the day and posted 3-1 records.

Dean BARKER (NZL) and Thierry PEPONNET (FRA) were the big movers in the first half of Day 2 at the 2005 Danish Open. Each went 3-1 in four matches and moved into a tie for the round robin lead after 13 of 22 scheduled flights. BARKER and PEPONNET have six points from eight races and lead Jesper BANK (DEN) by one point. Bank has a perfect 5-0 record after Day One, and was due to start racing again in Flight 14.

DANISH OPEN STANDINGS
(After 13 of 22 scheduled flights)

Position	Skipper		Team	Wins	Loses
1=	Dean BARKER	NZL	Emirates Team New Zealand	6	2
1=	Thierry PEPONNET	FRA	K-Challenge	6	2
3	Jesper BANK	DEN	United Internet Team Germany	5	0
4=	Jochen SCHUEMANN	GER	Alinghi	4	1
4=	Lars NORDBJAERG	DEN	Team Nordbjaerg,	4	1
6	Henrik JENSEN	DEN	Team Jensen	3	2
7=	Jesper RADICH	DEN	Desafio Espanol	3	5
7=	Chris LAW	GBR	Team Shosholoza	3	5
9	Gavin BRADY	NZL	BMW Oracle Racing,	2	3
10	Philippe PRESTI	FRA	Luna Rossa Challenge	2	6
11	Pierre MAS	FRA	China Team	1	7
12	Flavio FAVINI	ITA	Mascalzone Latino - Capitalia	0	5