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The 51st Princesa Sofía Mallorca has officially crossed the halfway point of its intense regatta programme. Wednesday began with a postponement on land due to lack of conditions in the eight regatta areas, but when the wind settled down, it was possible to dispute tests in the ten classes that compete for this first scoring event for the Hempel World Cup Series 2022. The Bay of Palma does not fail
470 Mixed: Xammar/Brugman, up front
Perfect day for the Jordi Xammar/Nora Brugman tandem in the competitive 470 Mixed, with two wins out of two possible and promotion to first provisional position in the Gold Group. the boat that went out to the water as the leader, that of the Italians Giacomo Ferrari and Bianca Caruso, who today did not know how to adapt to the conditions and added a fourth and a sixth.
The French Kevin Peponnet and Aloise Retornaz signed the second best card of the day (2+3) and remain third.
Formula Kite: Gisela, among the top ten
The Sofía kites flew for the second consecutive day in front of Palma beach. In the women’s category (Formula Kite Women), the French Lauriane Nolot was intractable in the three contested races: she added three partial wins and is the new leader, with a tight advantage over the British Ellie Aldridge (second) and comfortable over the French Poema Newland (third). The Catalan Gisela Pulido signed an irregular card (11-23-6) that caused her to lose a position in the ranking, but she maintains her goal of staying among the top ten.
A three-way battle stars the 51st Princesa Sofía Mallorca in the men’s category of this new Olympic class (Formula Kite Men). At the top of the table, tied on points, are the Slovenian Toni Vodisek and the French Theo De Ramecourt and Benoit Gomez. The best ranked Spaniard is Alejandro Climent, twenty-second.
49er and 49erFX: Loot/Trittel rank fourth
The second day of competition for 49er and 49erFX was resolved with two tests in each class. In the men’s category, the Cantabrian Diego Botín and the Catalan Florian Trittel scored a sixth and a fifth, enough performance to ascend to the fourth provisional position and tie on points with the third. The French tandem formed by Erwan Fischer and Clément Pequin (15+2 today) continues to lead.
In 49erFX, the Dutch Odile Van Aanholt/Annette Duetz defend the lead and now lead by the minimum of the Brazilian double Olympic champions Martine Grael/Kahena Kunze. The Spanish Patricia Suárez/María Cantero signed a fourth and a sixth that allow them to climb five places and enter the long-awaited top ten of the category.
Nacra 17: The Olympic champions do not give up
In Nacra 17, the material changes that the class debuts this week do not seem to affect the performance of the current Olympic champions, the Italians Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti, who continue to be the rival to beat. Today they added a second and a first, and lead their compatriots Gianluigi Ugolini and Maria Giubilei by six points (10-3 today).
iQFOiL: Lamadrid wins the last of the day
The iQFOiL day was resolved with three tests for the women’s category and started late in the men’s. In iQFOiL Women, the hegemony of the current world and continental champion, the French Hélène Noesmoen (1+5+1 today), who already has 15 points ahead of her immediate rival, the British Islay Watson (1+3+1) continues. ). Pilar Lamadrid from Seville went from less to more, and she said goodbye to her by winning the last heat to remind her rivals of her condition as a serious candidate for the title. She remains fourth after ten tests.
At the time of writing this information, the iQFOiL Men had completed a heat and showed a triple tie at the head of the provisional between the Dutchman Luuc Van Opzeeland, the British Andrew Brown and the also Dutchman Amado Vrieswijk.
ILCA: Candidates for the title defined
The ILCAs premiered the final series today, divided into groups based on the results of the two previous days (Gold-Silver-Bronze for ILCA 7 and Gold-Silver for ILCA 6). In ILCA 7, German Philipp Buhl capitalized on victory in the second heat of the day to move one point behind the leader, who remains Frenchman Jean-Baptiste Bernaz. In ILCA 6 Sarah Douglas also retains the lead despite adding a painful off-line in the first heat of the day.
The weather forecast for tomorrow, the fourth day of competition, anticipates very different conditions in the bay of Palma. A change of third that threatens to cause dramatic changes in the classification.
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