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Sailing world Cup : Hyères reserves its toughest challenge for final day

lundi 2 mai 2016 – Information World Sailing

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Hyères threw out its toughest challenge for the final day of racing at the Sailing World Cup with a truly up and down day of the purest form. A breeze in excess of 20 knots came through in the morning with many wondering if there would even be any racing at all. Thunder, lightning, torrential rain and huge winds ensured the Olympic sailors were pushed to their limits.


Men’s and Women’s 470

Great Britain’s Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark overhauled overnight leaders Camille Lecointre and Helene Defrance (FRA) to take gold in an exciting Women’s 470 Medal Race.

Mills and Clark knew the maths before the Medal Race, beat the French, keep the Brazilians at bay and gold would be there’s. It didn’t start that way however as the Brazilians charged out the blocks, taking an early lead. The British sat in third and out of the gold medal position but they remained in contention.

"Going into the race the tactic was to race our own race,” explained Clark, "Off the line the Brazilians got a bit of a jump so that left us protecting the French really, and seeing how the Brazilians’ race played out.”

New Zealand’s Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie were pushing the Brazilians hard at the front of pack and very little could separate them. On the second upwind it was advantage Kiwis and they held on to take the lead, much to the delight of Mills and Clark (GBR) who had indeed kept the French at bay.

Mills added, "We had our eyes on what was going on, we caught the Brazilians up quite a lot up that second beat and once we saw that the Kiwis had definitely passed them we relaxed a bit on them and really wanted to protect the French to make sure we got the win.”

Mills and Clark famously went toe to toe with Aleh and Powrie at London 2012. The Kiwis came out on top in the Medal Race but they were pleased their great rivals were able to offer a helping hand, "Obviously [the Kiwis were] a huge help at that point in the race. It was a fun, exciting race,” Mills said.

Clark continued, "It’s great to come to any World Cup regatta and win it. For me and Hannah to convert a second into a first in the Medal Race shows we’re making progress with our comms and everything, but we’ve still got progress to make.”

Oliveira and Barbachan finished in second with the French dropping to third via countback after an eighth.

The pressure was off Croatia’s Sime Fantela and Igor Marenic in the Men’s 470 Medal Race as they had opened up such an advantage that all they had to do was complete the race safely to snap up gold.

A fifth confirmed them as winners as they defended their title, just as stylishly as 2015.

"This feeling is great,” explained Marenic. "We feel really happy with how we sailed this week and very proud. We sailed consistently and were always in the top six. We like this venue and this event. It’s our favourite from when we first came here in 2002. We’ve come every year. We enjoy the conditions here and it’s quite similar to those in Croatia. It obviously suits us.

"This is a huge confidence boost but it’s just another race before the Games and we are really happy with the way we’ve been going. We will continue working.”

The race for silver and bronze was significantly tighter out on the water. Six points separated Mat Belcher and Will Ryan (AUS), Anton Dahlberg and Fredrik Bergstrom (SWE) as well as Lucas Calabrese and Juan de la Fuente (ARG).

The trio were all bunched up at the start, getting underway almost as one but on the first upwind the Aussies and Argentineans just had the superior boat speed and edged ahead. They rounded well clear of the Swedes and were in the driving seat.

Dahlberg and Bergstrom worked their way through the fleet and drew within touching distance of the Argentineans as the Australians pulled away. The run to the finish was dramatic, the Swedes and Argentineans were neck and neck and separated by just millimetres. As they crossed the finish line almost simultaneously the Swedes were penalised for not giving way to the Argentineans and were forced to re-enter the racing area and conduct penalty turns.

The damage had been well and truly done and the Swedes picked up tenth which knocked them out of the medals. It was silver to Belcher and Ryan and bronze to Calabrese and de la Fuente.

CLASSEMENTS DE LA SAILING WORLD CUP DE HYERES

470 (F)

  • 1. GBR - Hannah Mills-Saskia Clark avec 41 points
  • 2. BRA - Fernanda Oliveira-Ana Luiza Barbachan avec 42 points
  • 3. FRA - Hélène Defrance (ASPTT Marseille / ELENGY) - Camille Lecointre (SR Brest / Armée de Champions) avec 42 points
  • …
  • 9. FRA - Cassandre Blandin (SNO Nantes) - Aloïse Retornaz (EV Locquirec) avec 83 points

FINN

  • 1. AUS - Jake Lilley avec 42 points
  • 2. AUS - Oliver Tweddell avec 45 points
  • 3. FRA - Jonathan Lobert (SNO Nantes / Armée de Champions) avec 52 points

RS :X (F)

  • 1. POL - Zofia Noceti-Klepacka avec 39 points
  • 2. GBR - Bryony Shaw avec 47 points
  • 3. FRA - Charline Picon (CN La Tremblade / Armée de Champions) avec 60 points

RS :X (H)

  • 1. POL - Piotr Myszka avec 52 points
  • 2. POL - Pawel Tarnowski avec 77 points
  • 3. GBR - Nick Dempsey avec 61 points
  • 4. FRA - Pierre Le Coq (CMV St Brieuc / ENGIE) avec 62 points
  • 5. FRA - Louis Giard (YC Carnac) avec 70 points
  • 6. FRA - Thomas Goyard (A. Calédonienne P.A.V) avec 72 points

LASER

  • 1. GER - Philipp Buhl avec 53 points
  • 2. NZL - Sam Meech avec 56 points
  • 3. AUS - Tom Burton avec 58 points
  • …
  • 7. Jean-Baptiste Bernaz (CN Sainte-Maxime / Armée de Champions) avec 78 points

49ER FX

  • 1. SWE - Lisa Ericson-Hanna Klinga avec 72 points
  • 2. BRA - Martine Soffiatti Grael-Kahena Kunze avec 74 points
  • 3. DEN - Jena Mai Hansen-Katja Salskov-Iversen avec 75 points
  • …
  • 5. FRA - Sarah Steyaert (CN Châtelaillon) - Aude Compan (CV Marseillan) avec 85 points

470 (H)

  • 1. CRO - Sime Fantela-Igor Marenic avec 29 points
  • 2. AUS - Mathew Belcher-William Ryan avec 44 points
  • 3. ARG - Lucas Calabrese-Juan de la Fuente avec 54 points
  • ...
  • 23. Sofian Bouvet (SR Antibes / ENGIE) - Jérémie Mion (SR Havre) avec 144 points
  • 49ER
  • 1. NZL - Peter Burling-Blair Tuke avec 52 points
  • 2. DEN - Jonas Warrer-Christian Peter Lübeck avec 98 points
  • 3. AUS - William Phillips-Sam Phillips avec 102 points
  • …
  • 22. Julien d’Ortoli (YCPR) - Noé Delpech (YCPR / ENGIE) avec 210 points

LASER RADIAL

  • 1. BEL - Evi Van Acker avec 42 points
  • 2. SWE - Josefin Olsson avec 42 points
  • 3. GBR - Alison Young avec 53 points
  • …
  • 8. FRA - Pernelle Michon (SNO Nantes) avec 86 points
  • …
  • 15. FRA - Mathilde de Kerangat (SR Rochelaises / CARDINAL) avec 97 points

NACRA 17

  • 1. ESP - Fernando Echávarri-Tara Pacheco van Rijnsoever avec 77 points
  • 2. ITA - Vittorio Bissaro-Silvia Sicouri avec 77 points
  • 3. NED - Mandy Mulder-Coen de Koning avec 87 points
  • …
  • 6. FRA - Billy Besson (SNO Nantes / Armée de Champions) - Marie Riou (USAM Voile / Armée de Champions) avec 107 points
  • 7. FRA - Moana Vaireaux (YC Carnac) - Manon Audinet (St Georges Voiles) avec 119 points

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