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11 August 2005, 10:55 am

BUNDOCK And WORRALL Hold On At The Top

Tornado European Championship 2005

Västervik, Sweden

After one more race at the ISAF Grade C1 Tornado European Championship in Västervik, Sweden, last year's winners Darren BUNDOCK and crew Aaron WORRALL (AUS) are hanging onto their lead, with World Champions Fernando ECHAVARRI and Anton PAZ (ESP) right behind them.

The competitors went out in seven to nine knots of winds but as the race approached the finish the wind gradually died, meaning race five never got underway.

Francois MORVAN and Matthieu VANDAME (FRA) took the bullet in yesterday's race to move them up to third overall. ECHAVARRI and PAZ followed them in in second to record their third straight top three finish and move within one point of BUNDOCK and WORRALL. The Australians were not far behind coming in sixth.

Olympic Champions Roman HAGARA and Hans Peter STEINACHER (AUT) continued their erratic form with a 16th place, but with the other leaders dropping further back they move up to fourth overall. ISAF Grade 1 Semaine Olympique Française winners Xavier REVIL and Christophe ESPAGNON make it two French teams in the top five, whilst Olympic silver medallists John LOVELL and Charlie OGLETREE (USA) follow in sixth.

Top Ten After Four Races

Pos	Nation	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	Pts
1	AUS	Darren BUNDOCK	Aaron WORRALL	23	4	2	6	35
2	ESP	Fernando ECHAVARRI	Antón PAZ	29	2	3	2	36
3	FRA	Francois MORVAN	Matthieu VANDAME	5	7	29	1	42
4	AUT	Roman HAGARA	Hans Peter STEINACHER	1	19	9	16	45
5	FRA	Xavier REVIL	Christophe ESPAGNON	18	3	17	8	46
6	USA	John LOVELL	Charlie OGLETREE	10	16	5	15	46
7	SWE	Karl SUNESSON	Erik ANDERSSON	14	11	14	7	46
8	GER	Roland GAEBLER	Gunnar STRUCKMANN	20	1	23	11	55
9	FRA	Francois GABART	Romain DAVID	4	29	19	3	55
10	RUS	Andrey KIRILYUK	Valery USHKOV	15	8	6	26	55