Spaniards Leading

Santiago Lopez-Vazquez and Javier de la Plaza (ESP) lead the 49 er World Championship taking place in Italy after the qualifying series. Hot on their heels are Brits Alistair Richardson and Peter Greenhalgh (GBR).

Yesterdays’s good northerly wind conditions allowed the four final races to be carried out and to conclude the qualification series. Starting today the definitive Gold fleet will be made up from the 25 best crews and they will compete for the title over the next three days. The other boats will go into the Silver, Bronze or Emerald fleets according to their placing. The races are scheduled to start at midday today.

Results:

1ESP LOPEZ-VAZQUEZ SANTIAGO/DE LA PLAZA JAVIER1412121118 pts
2GBR RICHARDSON ALISTAIR/GREENHALGH PETER11122352110 pts
3ITA SIBELLO PIETRO/SIBELLO GIANFRANCO13131142211 pts
4ESP MARTINEZ IKER/FERNANDEZ XABIER23OCS111DNF1413 pts
5UKR LUKA RODION/LEONCHUK GEORGE315722121213 pts
6GBR BROTHERTON PAUL/HISCOCKS SIMON32214212OCS13 pts
7NZL SLATER DAN/MCNICOL ELLANOCS19255331120 pts
8USA MACK ANDY/LOWRY ADAM251127352321 pts
9USA MC KEE JONATHAN/MC KEE CHARLIE321038235321 pts
10GER BAUR MARCUS/JOHN ANDREAS75316221OCS424 pts